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This and 20 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Rococo Ornament Designs.

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Print, La Peinture

This is a Print. It was designed by François-Thomas Mondon and published by Marie-Madeleine Aveline and print maker: Francois Antoine Aveline. It is dated 1743–48 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

It is signed

Lettered in plate, lower left: Mondon Inv; lettered lower right: F. Aveline Sculp

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate upper left: G.; numbered upper right: 5; lettered lower center: La Peinture.; inscribed in graphite lower right: 20

Cite this object as

Print, La Peinture; Designed by François-Thomas Mondon (French, ca. 1709 – 1755); Print Maker: Francois Antoine Aveline; Published by Marie-Madeleine Aveline (French, ca.1690 – 1748); France; etching on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-531-20

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