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Musique

Print
pre-1573
Artist/Maker
Etienne Delaune (designed and engraved by)
Place of origin
France (made)

Etienne Delaune, plates from a suite of 6 entitled Grotesques à fond noir, les Arts et les Sciences. French, pre-1573.

Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Print
TitleMusique
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Etienne Delaune, plates from a suite of 6 entitled Grotesques à fond noir, les Arts et les Sciences. French, pre-1573.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 6.7cm
  • Cut to length: 5.3cm
oval
Marks and inscriptions
Lettered in the centre of the plate: 'MVSIQVE'
Bibliographic references
  • Robert Dumesnil, Le Peintre-Graveur Français, vol. XI, (1865), 412.
  • Christophe Pollet, Les Gravures d'Etienne Delaune, (1518-1583), vol. II, (Villeneuve d'Asq: Presses universitaires du Septentrion, 2003), 255.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
22746:2

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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