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Three variants for fireplace designs ornamented with a depiction of Jason and the Dragon [?] at upper left and a Bacchic cortège and bust at upper right, plate 3 from 'Livre de Cheminées Executées dans les Apartemens de Versailles', bound in "Oeuvres", Vol. I

Pierre Le Pautre French
Publisher M. Daigremont French

1670–99

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This print is bound in Volume I of Oeuvres. Jombert published his collection of Le Pautre in 1751. Volume I contains "desseins... pour la décoration des maisons, etouches, edifices;."

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Title: Three variants for fireplace designs ornamented with a depiction of Jason and the Dragon [?] at upper left and a Bacchic cortège and bust at upper right, plate 3 from 'Livre de Cheminées Executées dans les Apartemens de Versailles', bound in "Oeuvres", Vol. I

Series/Portfolio: Livre de Cheminées Executées dans les Apartemens de Versailles

Artist: Pierre Le Pautre (French, ca. 1660–1744)

Publisher: M. Daigremont (French, active ca.1670–1700)

Published in: Paris

Date: 1670–99

Medium: Etching

Dimensions: Sheet: 13 9/16 × 8 1/4 in. (34.5 × 21 cm)
Plate: 10 1/8 × 6 7/8 in. (25.7 × 17.4 cm)

Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture

Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933

Object Number: 33.84(1.238)

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France, 1600-1800 A.D.

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