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Print, Porte de Cour ou de Jardin
This is a Print. It was designed by François de Cuvilliés the Elder and engraved by 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, Plate from Recueil des Ouvrages en Serrurerie...sur la place Royale de...
- etching on heavy cream laid paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1921-6-210-7
Its dimensions are
Platemark: 36.8 x 24.3 cm (14 1/2 x 9 9/16 in.) Sheet: 44 x 28.6 cm (17 5/16 x 11 1/4 in.)
It is inscribed
On plate, upper center: PORTE DE COUR OU DE JARDIN; upper right: G; lower left: Inventé par F. de Cuvilliés; lower center: C.P.S.C.M.; lower right: gravé par C.A. de Lespilliez/6
Cite this object as
Print, Porte de Cour ou de Jardin; Designed by François de Cuvilliés the Elder (Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768); Engraved by 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: 36.8 x 24.3 cm (14 1/2 x 9 9/16 in.) Sheet: 44 x 28.6 cm (17 5/16 x 11 1/4 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-285-44
