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Print, La Belle Plaideuse

This is a Print. It was created by Nicolas Bonnart. It is dated ca. 1685 and we acquired it in 1925. Its medium is etching on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Sarah Cooper Hewitt and Eleanor Garnier Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

Plate: 27.1 × 18.8 cm (10 11/16 × 7 3/8 in.) Paper: 37.2 × 25.6 cm (14 5/8 × 10 1/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: Bunch of grapes.

It is signed

Signed bottom left corner: "N. Bonnart, f."

It is inscribed

Caption at bottom margin, four lines of verse and the address: "Chez N. Bonnart, rue St. Jacques à l'Aigle Avec privil."

Cite this object as

Print, La Belle Plaideuse; Nicolas Bonnart (French, 1636–1718); etching on paper; Plate: 27.1 × 18.8 cm (10 11/16 × 7 3/8 in.) Paper: 37.2 × 25.6 cm (14 5/8 × 10 1/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1925-2-206

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