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Print, Catafalque of Louis Boucherat, Second State, St. Gervais, Paris

This is a Print. It was designed by Jean Bérain the Elder and engraved by Jean Mariette. It is dated 1699 and we acquired it in 1962. Its medium is engraving in black ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. William G. Fitch.

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 25 × 18 cm (9 13/16 × 7 1/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed below: "Dessein du Mausolie et de la décoration funebre faites dans la nef de l'Eglise de St. Gervais pour le Service de Messère Louis Boucherat Chevalier Chancelier garde des Sceaux de France et Commanderer des ordres du Roy célébre le XIme décembre 1699."

Cite this object as

Print, Catafalque of Louis Boucherat, Second State, St. Gervais, Paris; Designed by Jean Bérain the Elder (French, 1640–1711); Engraved by Jean Mariette (1660–1742); France; engraving in black ink on paper; Platemark: 25 × 18 cm (9 13/16 × 7 1/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. William G. Fitch; 1962-192-9

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