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Ceiling decoration depicting the Abduction of Ganymede, from Nouveaux dessins de plafonds, plate 6, in A Bound Collection of Print Series Including Cheminées et Lambris, Alcoves à la Romaine, Feuillages et autres ornemens..., etc.

Jean Le Pautre French
Publisher Jean Mariette French
Publisher Charles Antoine Jombert French

1751

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Title: Ceiling decoration depicting the Abduction of Ganymede, from Nouveaux dessins de plafonds, plate 6, in A Bound Collection of Print Series Including Cheminées et Lambris, Alcoves à la Romaine, Feuillages et autres ornemens..., etc.

Series/Portfolio: Nouveaux dessins de palfonds

Artist: Jean Le Pautre (French, Paris 1618–1682 Paris)

Publisher: Jean Mariette (French, Saint Benoît 1660–1742 Paris)

Publisher: Charles Antoine Jombert (French, 1712–1784)

Published in: Paris

Date: 1751

Medium: Etching; third state of three (Préaud)

Dimensions: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 12 3/8 in. (21 × 31.5 cm)
Plate: 5 13/16 × 8 7/16 in. (14.8 × 21.5 cm)

Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1918

Accession Number: 18.62.4(115)

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French Decorative Arts during the Reign of Louis XIV (1654-1715)

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France, 1600-1800 A.D.

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