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Print, Léda

This is a Print. It was designed by François Boucher and print maker: Claude Augustin Duflos and published by Nicolas de Larmessin IV. It is dated 1740 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving on white 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

Platemark: 50.8 x 26.2 cm (20 x 10 5/16 in.) Sheet: 63.9 x 44.5 cm (25 3/16 x 17 1/2 in.)

It is signed

Lettered lower left, in plate: F.Boucher invenit.; Lettered lower right, in plate: Duflos Sculpsi.

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower center, in plate: Léda

Cite this object as

Print, Léda; Designed by François Boucher (French, 1703–1770); Print Maker: Claude Augustin Duflos (French, 1700–1786); Published by Nicolas de Larmessin IV (French, 1684 - 1755); France; etching and engraving on white laid paper; Platemark: 50.8 x 26.2 cm (20 x 10 5/16 in.) Sheet: 63.9 x 44.5 cm (25 3/16 x 17 1/2 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-203-9

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