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This and 21 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Ornament Designs, 1662.

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Print, Ornament Design for an Escutcheon

This is a Print. It was designed by Hugues Brisville and print maker: Gabriel Ladame and published by Pierre Mariette. It is dated 1662 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

H x W: 20.5 × 15 cm (8 1/16 × 5 7/8 in.) Platemark: 16.7 × 11.5 cm (6 9/16 × 4 1/2 in.)

It is signed

Engraved, lower left: H. Brisville In.

It is inscribed

Printed upper right, in plate: 13; Printed lower right, in plate: A Paris, chez Mariette / rue St. Iacques aux Col.nes d'Hercule

Cite this object as

Print, Ornament Design for an Escutcheon; Designed by Hugues Brisville (French, active ca. 1663); Print Maker: Gabriel Ladame (French, active ca. 1645 - 1668); Published by Pierre Mariette II (French, 1634 - 1716); France; engraving on laid paper; H x W: 20.5 × 15 cm (8 1/16 × 5 7/8 in.) Platemark: 16.7 × 11.5 cm (6 9/16 × 4 1/2 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-261-13

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