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Print, Fountain of the Animals at Versailles

This is a Print. It was print maker: Jean Raymond and after Dominique Gérard. It is dated 1763 and we acquired it in 1957. Its medium is engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Bruno Lasker and Bruno Lasker.

Its dimensions are

Plate: 26.9 × 40.4 cm (10 9/16 × 15 7/8 in.) Paper: 33.5 × 47.4 cm (13 3/16 × 18 11/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed, lower left: Dessiné par Gerard, Fontainier/duRoy/Gravé par Raymond," lower right: "A Paris chez mortain/pont notre-Dame avec privilege du Roy." In the center a two line explanatory inscription.

Cite this object as

Print, Fountain of the Animals at Versailles; Print Maker: Jean Raymond (1695 - 1766); After Dominique Gérard (active 1714 - 1738); France; engraving on paper; Plate: 26.9 × 40.4 cm (10 9/16 × 15 7/8 in.) Paper: 33.5 × 47.4 cm (13 3/16 × 18 11/16 in.); 1957-41-81

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