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Print, Project for a ceiling. With alternative suggestions.

This is a Print. It was created by Jean Le Pautre. It is dated ca. 1660 and we acquired it in 1944. Its medium is etching. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.

It has the following markings

Watermark on c: bunch of grapes

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Print, Project for a ceiling. With alternative suggestions.; Jean Le Pautre (French, 1618–1682); France; etching; Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane; 1944-24-5-a/c

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