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Nouveau livre de termes propre en differend lieux

Print
Artist/Maker

Engraving depicting two terms: at left, a woman with a basket of fruit on her head and at right, the bust of a man on a plinth in the form of a term.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleNouveau livre de termes propre en differend lieux (series title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving print on paper
Brief description
Engraved ornament print by Marco Anthonio Papachiny. Engraving depicting two terms, a woman and a man. One of five plates from a set of designs for terms, the 'Nouveau livre de terms'. Date and place of production unknown.
Physical description
Engraving depicting two terms: at left, a woman with a basket of fruit on her head and at right, the bust of a man on a plinth in the form of a term.
Dimensions
  • Plate height: 18.9 to 20cm
  • Plate width: 13.2 to 16cm
  • Paper height: 19.5 to 20.8cm
  • Paper width: 14.5 to 16.4cm
Taken from Ornements, architecture. Paris: La Sirène, 1990. Bookseller's catalogue.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Ornements, architecture. Paris: La Sirène, 1990. Bookseller's catalogue.
  • Ornements, architecture. Paris: La Sirène, 1990. Bookseller’s catalogue.
Collection
Accession number
E.634-1991

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Record createdMarch 2, 2009
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