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Print, The Death of Amnon, Plate 1 from "Gland Alcoves a la Romaine"

This is a Print. It was print maker: Jean Le Pautre. It is dated 1667 and we acquired it in 1919. Its medium is etching on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

Its dimensions are

Plate: 22 × 30.1 cm (8 11/16 × 11 7/8 in.) Paper: 26.8 × 35 cm (10 9/16 × 13 3/4 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: Coat of arms (containing three stars and three candles) and [column/capital I shape] under a crown, over "....C."

It is inscribed

"…/Nouuellement inventé et grave par I le Pautre/à Paris Chez P. Mariette rue S. Jacques à l'Esperance 1667." Top margin: "B." Bottom margin: "le Potre Invent et fecit," "Le Blond Avec privilege." "Mort d Amnon filz de David." The privilege. "1."

Cite this object as

Print, The Death of Amnon, Plate 1 from "Gland Alcoves a la Romaine"; Print Maker: Jean Le Pautre (French, 1618–1682); France; etching on paper; Plate: 22 × 30.1 cm (8 11/16 × 11 7/8 in.) Paper: 26.8 × 35 cm (10 9/16 × 13 3/4 in.); 1919-32-3

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