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Figures Among Ruins, from Cum Nactus Essem Duodecim Fragmenta...

After Leonard Thiry Netherlandish
1550
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: Figures Among Ruins, from Cum Nactus Essem Duodecim Fragmenta...
  • Series/Portfolio: Cum nactus essem duodecim fragmenta structurae veteris commendata monumentis a Leonardo Theodorico homine artis perspectiva peritissimo
  • Artist: Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau (French, Paris 1510/12–1585 Annecy)
  • Artist: After Leonard Thiry (Netherlandish, active Fontainebleau ca. 1536–50)
  • Published in: Orleans
  • Date: 1550
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 7 3/8 in. (26.6 × 18.8 cm)
    Plate: 6 1/2 × 4 3/16 in. (16.5 × 10.7 cm)
  • Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture, Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
  • Object Number: 28.82.1(l)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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