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Ceiling design with a trompe-l'oeil design of a domed vault with Mount Olympus: 3.I.22-170

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Ceiling design with a trompe-l'oeil design of a domed vault with Mount Olympus
Designs for quarter of a ceiling

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lepautre, Jean
Publisher: Poilly, François I de

Entities

Categories

Description

Plate 5 in a series of six etchings.

Notes

History note: Zaccaria Sagredo (1653-1729)

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

Note

This state by Poilly is not listed in the Bibliotheque Nationale's catalogue. The only state mentioned is that published by Guillaume Chasteau

School or Style

French

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: 3.I.22-170
Primary reference Number: 183230
BN Inventaire (17thC): 1866 undescribed state
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 20 January 2012 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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