Recueil d'Ornemens à l'usage des jeunes artistes

1777
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Recueil d'Ornemens à l'usage des jeunes artistes
  • Artist and publisher: Gilles Paul Cauvet (French, Aix 1731–1788 Paris)
  • Dedicatee: Dedicated to Louis Stanislas Xavier de Bourbon (French, Versailles 1755–1824 Paris)
  • Engraver: Engraved by Pietro Antonio Martini (Italian, Trescali 1738–1797 Parma)
  • Engraver: Engraved by Hemery (French, 18th century)
  • Engraver: Engraved by Françoise Charlotte Liottier (French)
  • Engraver: Engraved by Mme. Darby (French)
  • Engraver: Engraved by Pierre Viel (French, Paris 1755–1810 Paris)
  • Engraver: Engraved by LeRoy (French)
  • Engraver: Engraved by Petit (French)
  • Published in: Paris
  • Date: 1777
  • Medium: Engraving, etching
  • Dimensions: Overall: 19 13/16 x 14 3/16 x 1 1/2 in. (50.3 x 36 x 3.8 cm)
  • Classifications: Books, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1969
  • Object Number: 69.690.2
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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