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Print, Design for Mantle Piece, from "Cheminées a la Romaine"

This is a Print. It was print maker: Jean Le Pautre. It is dated ca. 1670 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

Plate: 20.7 × 14.3 cm (8 1/8 × 5 5/8 in.) Paper: 32.2 × 21.5 cm (12 11/16 × 8 7/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: [Column] under crown over B [heart] C.

It is inscribed

Writing bottom center.

Cite this object as

Print, Design for Mantle Piece, from "Cheminées a la Romaine"; Print Maker: Jean Le Pautre (French, 1618–1682); etching on paper; Plate: 20.7 × 14.3 cm (8 1/8 × 5 5/8 in.) Paper: 32.2 × 21.5 cm (12 11/16 × 8 7/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-109-1

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