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Print, Rinceaux Design with Putto, plate 3, from A New Book of Ornaments Useful to all Artists
This is a Print. It was print maker: Simon Gribelin. It is dated 1704 and we acquired it in 1946. Its medium is etching, engraving on white paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. A. Murray Young.
Its dimensions are
H x W: 19 x 15.8 cm (7 1/2 x 6 1/4 in.)
It has the following markings
Watermark: horse in crowned escuteon over VC (?)
It is signed
Lower left in black ink: S. Gribelin in. et Sculps.
It is inscribed
Lower left in black ink: S. Gribelin in. et Sculps. Bottom right: 3.
Cite this object as
Print, Rinceaux Design with Putto, plate 3, from A New Book of Ornaments Useful to all Artists; Print Maker: Simon Gribelin (French, active in England, 1661 – 1733); France; etching, engraving on white paper; H x W: 19 x 15.8 cm (7 1/2 x 6 1/4 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. A. Murray Young; 1946-31-1
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Foreign Exchange.
