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Print, Rinceaux Design with Putto, plate 3, from A New Book of Ornaments Useful to all Artists

This is a Print. It was print maker: Simon Gribelin. It is dated 1704 and we acquired it in 1946. Its medium is etching, engraving on white paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. A. Murray Young.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 19 x 15.8 cm (7 1/2 x 6 1/4 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: horse in crowned escuteon over VC (?)

It is signed

Lower left in black ink: S. Gribelin in. et Sculps.

It is inscribed

Lower left in black ink: S. Gribelin in. et Sculps. Bottom right: 3.

Cite this object as

Print, Rinceaux Design with Putto, plate 3, from A New Book of Ornaments Useful to all Artists; Print Maker: Simon Gribelin (French, active in England, 1661 – 1733); France; etching, engraving on white paper; H x W: 19 x 15.8 cm (7 1/2 x 6 1/4 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. A. Murray Young; 1946-31-1

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Foreign Exchange.

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