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Print, Porte d'Entrée de Choeur
This is a Print. It was designed by François de Cuvilliés the Elder and print maker: Karl Albert von Lespilliez and published by Nicolas Jean Baptiste de Poilly. It is dated 1745 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving on off-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.
- Print, Three Designs for Decorative Ironwork
- etching and engraving on laid paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1921-6-210-7
Its dimensions are
Platemark: 36.9 x 24.1 cm (14 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.) Sheet: 44 x 28.6 cm (17 5/16 x 11 1/4 in.)
It is signed
Lettered lower left, in plate: Inventé par F. de Cuvilliés; Lettered lower right, in plate: gravé par C A.de Lespilliez
It is inscribed
Printed upper center, in plate: PORTE D'ENTRÉE DE CHOEUR; Printed upper right, in plate: G; Printed lower center, in plate: C.P.S.C.M.; Printed lower right, in plate: 4; Inscribed in graphite, lower center, in margin: 41
Cite this object as
Print, Porte d'Entrée de Choeur; Designed by François de Cuvilliés the Elder (Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768); Print Maker: Karl Albert von Lespilliez (1723–1796); Published by Nicolas Jean Baptiste de Poilly (France, 1712 – ca. 1758); Germany; etching and engraving on off-white laid paper; Platemark: 36.9 x 24.1 cm (14 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.) Sheet: 44 x 28.6 cm (17 5/16 x 11 1/4 in.) ; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-285-42
