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Print, Designs for Friezes

This is a Print. It was designed by Jean Le Pautre. It is dated 1640–82 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is engraving on 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

22 x 31.8 cm (8 11/16 x 12 1/2 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in plate, central margin left: le Pautre fecit avec privil.; central margin right: A Paris chez P. Mariette excud.

Cite this object as

Print, Designs for Friezes; Designed by Jean Le Pautre (French, 1618–1682); France; engraving on white laid paper; 22 x 31.8 cm (8 11/16 x 12 1/2 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-92-2

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