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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
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Exhibition History

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

Verification Level

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