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Object Type
Museum number: 1854,0614.397
Title: Series: Opera diversa
Description: Title-page to 'Opera Diversa'; title in cartouche flanked by the standing figures of Wisdom on the left, and Religion on the right; pasted on an ornate 18th century title-page. 1638 Etching
Producer name: Print made by: Pierre Brebiette; Published by: Augustin Quesnel (Brebiette's title-page); Published by: Gabriel Huquier (18th C. title page)
School/style
Production date: 1638 (Brebiette's title-page); 1729-1737 (18th c title-page)
Production place: Published in: Paris (France)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 412 millimetres (18th c title-page); Height: 132 millimetres (Brebiette's title-page); Width: 181 millimetres; Width: 280 millimetres
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Curator's comments: Title-page to a set formed by 152 plates pasted in an album which may have been assembled by Huquier himself. The IFF catalogue gives a list of the prints composing the 'Opera Diversa' published in 1638; it slightly differs from the prints pasted in this album, so we will not record them under the 'Opera Diversa' title.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Samuel Woodburn; Purchased through: Christie's (5-13.vi.1854/1512); Purchased through: Colnaghi
Acquisition date: 1854
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1854,0614.397

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