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Print, Title page
This is a Print. It was print maker: Jean Bérain the Elder and published by Hugues Brisville. It is dated 1662 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is engraving on 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, Ornament Designs for Metal Objects
- engraving on laid paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1921-6-261-11
Its dimensions are
H x W: 11.5 × 15.5 cm (4 1/2 × 6 1/8 in.) Platemark: 16.2 × 11.5 cm (6 3/8 × 4 1/2 in.)
It is inscribed
Printed center, in plate: DIVERSES / PIECES / de Serruriers invantées par / hugues Brisville Maitres / Serrurier Paris Et gravez / par Jean Berain / Et ce Vande chez / Lauteur AParis avec / Privilege du ROY / 1662; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: Suite 1B
Cite this object as
Print, Title page; Print Maker: Jean Bérain the Elder (French, 1640–1711); Published by Hugues Brisville (French, active ca. 1663); France; engraving on laid paper; H x W: 11.5 × 15.5 cm (4 1/2 × 6 1/8 in.) Platemark: 16.2 × 11.5 cm (6 3/8 × 4 1/2 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-261-1
