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Print, Rocaille Arch and Fountain with a Vase and Sea Horses
This is a Print. It was designed by Pierre Edme Babel and Pierre-Edmé Babel and engraved by Pierre-Edmé Babel and published by Jacques Chéreau and print maker: Pierre Edme Babel. It is dated 1743-1763 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is engraving on off-white laid 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.
- Print, Plate, from Ornamenti o Grottesche (Ornaments or Grotesques)
- etching on off-white laid paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1921-6-152-1
Its dimensions are
Sheet: 34 x 22.5 cm (13 3/8 x 8 7/8 in.) Platemark: 28 x 19 cm (11 in. x 7 1/2 in.)
It is signed
Lettered lower left, in plate: Babel delineavit et Sculpsit
It is inscribed
Printed lower center, in plate: Differents Compartiments d'Ornements / A Paris chez Jacques Chereau rue St. Jacques au grand St. Remy.; Printed lower right, in plate: Avec Privilege du Roy.; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: 6 / 1921-6-231 (6)
Cite this object as
Print, Rocaille Arch and Fountain with a Vase and Sea Horses; Designed by Pierre Edme Babel (French, 1720–1775); Published by Jacques Chéreau (French, 1688–1776); France; engraving on off-white laid paper; Sheet: 34 x 22.5 cm (13 3/8 x 8 7/8 in.) Platemark: 28 x 19 cm (11 in. x 7 1/2 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-231-6
