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Print, Palais Pour la Ville

This is a Print. It was print maker: Antoine Le Pautre. It is dated ca. 1652 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is engraving 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.

It is inscribed

Inscribed in plate, upper right: FACE ET ESLEVATION GENERALLE DE TOUT LE BASTIMENT EN PERSPECTIVE TANT DU / DEDANS DE LA COURT QUE DU COSTE DES PARTERRES, DE LA BASSE-COURT ET SUR LA RUE; in plate, lower right: Par ANTHOINE LE PAUTRE Architecte du / avec Privillege du Roy.

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Print, Palais Pour la Ville; Print Maker: Antoine Le Pautre (French, 1621 - 1679); France; engraving on paper; Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-94-281

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