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Livre de Feuilles d'Orfeurerie

Engraving
1635-1645 (Published)
Artist/Maker
Gédéon Légaré (Designer)
Pierre Lombard (Engraver)
Place of origin
Paris (Published)

Engraving


Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Engraving
TitleLivre de Feuilles d'Orfeurerie (series title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Printing Ink
Engraving
Brief description
Gédéon Légaré. One of six plates from a series of seven, including title plate, entitled 'Livre de Feuilles d'Orfeurerie', of designs of bouquets for gold- and silversmiths. Paris, 1635-1645.
Physical description
Engraving
Dimensions
  • Cut to plate mark height: 14.5cm
  • Cut to plate mark width: 10.0cm
Lettered in the lower left of the plate: 'Avec privil du Roy'
Credit line
From the Polovtsoff Collection.
Object history
First edition. From the Polovtsoff Collection.
Bibliographic references
  • Fuhring, P. Ornament prints in the Rijksmuseum II: The Seventeenth Century, 3 vols, Rotterdam, 2004, vol. 1, nos. 1764-1766.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1910, London, Printed for His Majesty’s Stationery Office 1911
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3622-1910

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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