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print
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ornament print
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album
Object Type
print
ornament print
album
Museum number
1937,0915.443.46
Description
Ornament print consisting of three friezes of foliate scrolls, the top one with at centre acanthus leaves flanked by birds perched on supports; middle one with at centre an empty cartouche flanked by two cages; and bottom one with at centre an empty octagonal cartouche flanked by torches and two birds (swans or pelicans?) Etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Paul Androuet Du Cerceau
School/style
French
Production date
1650-1700
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
188 millimetres
Width:
308 millimetres
Curator's comments
Bound with '3me livre de diverses frises' (see 1937,0915.443.41 for comment on series), but not from that set, which according to Guilmard and the IFF only comprises plates of two friezes each. Might belong to 'Livre de diverses frises' (see 1937,0915.443.51) or 'Second livre de frises' (see 1937,0915.443.35) instead.
Bibliographic references
Berlin 1939 / Katalog der Ornamentstichsammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin
(326 ?)
Fuhring 2004 / Ornament Prints in the Rijksmuseum - the Seventeenth Century
(not described)
Guilmard 1880/1 / Les Maitres Ornemanistes: Écoles Française, Italienne, Allemande et des Pays-Bas (Flamande et Hollandaise)
(87.26 ?)
IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
(not described ?)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
ornament
bird
leaf
Acquisition name
Transferred from:
British Library
Acquisition date
1937
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1937,0915.443.46