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This and 149 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Prints: Designs by François de Cuvilliés as well as other German Artists.

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1920

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2016

2024

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Print, Desseins de Cartouches et D'Agraffes

This is a Print. It was designed by François de Cuvilliés the Elder. 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.

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 24.7 x 18.5 cm (9 3/4 x 7 5/16 in.) Sheet: 44 x 28.6 cm (17 5/16 x 11 1/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed upper center, in plate: C.P.S.C.M. / Desseins de Cartouches et D'agraffes; Printed upper right, in plate: S; Printed lower center, in plate: C.P.R.; Printed lower right, in plate: 2

Cite this object as

Print, Desseins de Cartouches et D'Agraffes; Designed by François de Cuvilliés the Elder (Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768); Germany; etching and engraving on off-white laid paper; Platemark: 24.7 x 18.5 cm (9 3/4 x 7 5/16 in.) Sheet: 44 x 28.6 cm (17 5/16 x 11 1/4 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-285-97

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