Print, Title Page and Frieze Design

This is a Print. It was designed by Jean Le Pautre and published by Nicolas Langlois and print maker: Jean Le Pautre. It is dated 1655–82 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching 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

Sheet: 19 × 26.5 cm (7 1/2 × 10 7/16 in.) Platemark: 14.1 × 20.7 cm (5 9/16 × 8 1/8 in.) Image: 13.5 × 20 cm (5 5/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

It is signed

Lettered in plate, lower left: A Paris Chéz N. Langlois, Ruë St. Jacques à la Victoire avec privil

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, lower center: Rinceaux de Frises, et Feuillages, / Nouvellement Inventéz et Gravéz / Par J. Le Pautre.; inscribed in graphite lower right margin : XVIII / 21,1

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