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Print, Ceiling, from "Grands Carts de Plafons"

This is a Print. It was print maker: Jean Le Pautre. It is dated 1661 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

25.5 × 34.9 cm (10 1/16 × 13 3/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Address in bottom margin: "Avec privil.," at left: "Se vendent a Paris chez Pierre Mariette rue S. Jacques a lesperance," at right. No number.

Cite this object as

Print, Ceiling, from "Grands Carts de Plafons"; Print Maker: Jean Le Pautre (French, 1618–1682); France; etching on paper; 25.5 × 34.9 cm (10 1/16 × 13 3/4 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-107-4

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