2016.62: Foliate Grotesque with Swans, Masks of Green Men, and Eagles' Heads

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2016.62

People

Paul Androuet Du Cerceau (1623 - 1710)
Published by François de Poilly the Elder, French (1622/23 - 1693)

Title

Foliate Grotesque with Swans, Masks of Green Men, and Eagles' Heads

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: New Book of Mountings
Original Language Title: Nouveau Livre de Montans

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1670-93

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/349712

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching on cream antique laid paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 27.2 x 15.2 cm (10 11/16 x 6 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: F. Poilly
• (not assigned): inscribed in plate, lower. left: F. Poilly ex. c. P. R. [cum Privilegio Regis]
• (not assigned): Insc. verso, graphite: Paul Androuet Du Cerceau
• inscription: inscribed, verso, graphite, with a line drawn above the letters: XRO
• inscription: inscribed on folder containing the print: FROM MICHAEL #2914
• inscription: inscribed in plate, lower left but rotated 90 degrees to the left: 53

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Edith I. Welch, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

later state

Standard Reference Number

Berlin (1939) 326, Fuhring 646

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Edith I. Welch

Accession Year

2016

Object Number

2016.62

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• 32Q: 2400 French/Italian/Spanish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/06/2019 - 06/20/2019

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