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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2016.72.1
People
Paul Androuet Du Cerceau (1623 - 1710)
Published by François de Poilly the Elder, French (1622/23 - 1693)
Title
Titlepage, Book of Diverse Friezes
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Book of Diverse Friezes
Original Language Title: Liure de diuerses Frises
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1670-1693
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/349722

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 18.3 x 27.6 cm (7 3/16 x 10 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: A. Ducerceau
  • inscription: engraved in a rondel in the lower frieze: Liure / de diuerses / Frises, Inventées / et grauvées Par / A. Ducerceau
  • inscription: engraved in the lower margin: A Paris chez F. Poilly rue S.t Jacques a limage S.t benoist auec Priuilege du Roy
  • inscription: inscribed in brown ink at the lower right: 42.
  • watermark: illegible, elaborate armorial?

Provenance

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Fuhring 650

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Edith I. Welch
Accession Year
2016
Object Number
2016.72.1
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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