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Print, Plate 6, "Decoration d'une Portal double à placards, traittée dans la même gout..."

This is a Print. It was designed by Jacques-François Blondel and published by Jean Mariette. It is dated ca. 1727 and we acquired it in 1959. Its medium is engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

Its dimensions are

41.3 × 28 cm (16 1/4 in. × 11 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed along upper margin: "Decoration d'une Porte à placards, traittée dans le meme gout que la precedent / Celle cy est placée au milieu de deux pilasters, ornés de groupes de sculptures en bas relief"; lower left: "Mariette excudit"; lower right: "6".

Cite this object as

Print, Plate 6, "Decoration d'une Portal double à placards, traittée dans la même gout..."; Designed by Jacques-François Blondel (French, 1705 - 1774); Published by Jean Mariette (1660–1742); France; engraving on paper; 41.3 × 28 cm (16 1/4 in. × 11 in.); 1959-85-36

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