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This and 119 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Bound Volume, Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier.

Object Timeline

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1920

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2024

  • You found it!

Print, Projet du Plafond d'une Maison seise rue de Rochouard (Design for Ceiling of the House of Francois Petit), plate 95, in Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier)

This is a Print. It was designed by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier and engraved by Gabriel Huquier and published by Gabriel Huquier. It is dated 1748 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.

Its dimensions are

33.8 x 32 cm (13 5/16 x 12 5/8 in.)

It is signed

Signed in plate, lower left: J. A. Meissonnier inv.;

It is inscribed

Inscribed in plate, upper left: Q; upper right: 95.; lower center: Project du Plafond d'une Maison seise ruë Rochouard. / A Paris chés Huquier rue St. Jacque au coin de celle des Mathurins. C.P.R.

Cite this object as

Print, Projet du Plafond d'une Maison seise rue de Rochouard (Design for Ceiling of the House of Francois Petit), plate 95, in Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier); Designed by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (French, b. Italy, 1695–1750); Engraved by Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695–1772); France; engraving on laid paper; 33.8 x 32 cm (13 5/16 x 12 5/8 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-212-53

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