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Livres des Ouvrages d'Orfevrerie

Print
1663 (Published)
Artist/Maker
Gilles Légaré (Designer)
Louis Cossin (Printmaker)
Gilles Légaré (Publisher)
Place of origin
Paris (Published)

Plate 7.


Object details
Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Print
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Gilles Légaré. Plate from a suite of 12 designs for jewellery entitled 'Livres des Ouvrages d'Orfevrerie'. Paris, 1663.
Physical description
Plate 7.
Dimensions
  • To plate mark height: 15.4cm
  • To plate mark width: 12.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Numbered '7' in the upper right of the plate.
  • Lettered in the lower left of the plate: 'Gilles l'Egaré auec priuilége du Roy'
  • Lettered in the lower right of the plate: 'Collet fecit'
Bibliographic reference
Fuhring, P. Ornament prints in the Rijksmuseum II: The Seventeenth Century, 3 vols, Rotterdam, 2004, vol. 1, nos. 1770-1776.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
12810:7

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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