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Print, Portrait of Jean Chapelain

This is a Print. It was print maker: Robert Nanteuil. It is dated 1655 and we acquired it in 1957. Its medium is engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Bruno Lasker and Bruno Lasker.

Its dimensions are

26.8 × 18.7 cm (10 9/16 × 7 3/8 in.)

It is inscribed

The frame is inscribed: "JEAN CHAPELAIN CONSEILLER DU ROY EN SES CONSEILS." Below, lower left: "R. Nantüeil ad vivun," and lower right: "delineabat et sculpebat 1655." Below, a soaring bird in an oval enframement and a ribbon inscribed: "VIAMZUE EFFECTAT OLYMPO."

Cite this object as

Print, Portrait of Jean Chapelain; Print Maker: Robert Nanteuil; France; engraving on paper; 26.8 × 18.7 cm (10 9/16 × 7 3/8 in.); 1957-41-77

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