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Paul Androuet Du Cerceau
1623-1710
Frises propres pour les Orfévres, Sculpteurs, Marqueteurs etc.
binding: 7 15/16 x 12 inches (202 x 303 mm); leaves: 11 7/8 x 7 3/4 inches (300 x 19 mm); drawings: approx. 4 13/16 x 10 inches (122 x 254 mm)
1985.98:2
Purchased by Mrs. Charles Wrightsman.
Notes
Watermark: countermark of coat of arms with a fleur-de-lis (similar to Heawood 627), on drawings 1, 4, and 6.
Six etchings and six red chalk drawings, numbered from one to six; the drawings have apparently been counterproofed in the preparation of the etchings.
Six etchings and six red chalk drawings, numbered from one to six; the drawings have apparently been counterproofed in the preparation of the etchings.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on title page in graphite, "Frises / propres pour / les / Orfev.res, Sculpteurs, / Marqueteurs & c. / Nouvellement Inventées / et gravées par A. / Du cerceau".
Associated names
Wrightsman, Jayne, donor.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 315.
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Century Drawings
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