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Categories for the Description of Works of Art


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Engraving

Object/Work Catalog Level: item
Type: engraving
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Classification Terms:
            prints and drawings
            rare books
            European art
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Titles or Names Text: Le Cabinet des Beaux Arts
    Preference: preferred
    Type: inscribed
Text: View through a Door into a Library
    Preference: alternate
    Type: descriptive
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Creation Creator Description: probably engraved by Pierre Le Pautre (French, 1660-1744) Free text
  Identity: Le Pautre, Pierre
    Role: engraver
    Qualifier: probably
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  Creation Date: ca. 1690 
Earliest: 1685  Latest: 1695
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Measurements Dimensions Description: plate mark: 17.6 x 26.4 cm (6 7/8 x 10 3/8 inches), folio: 24.5 x 30.7 cm (9 3/4 x 12 inches) Free text
  Extent: plate mark
Value:
17.6 Unit: cm Type: height
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26.4 Unit: cm Type: width Extent: folio
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24.5 Unit: cm Type: height
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30.7 Unit: cm Type: width
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Materials and Techniques Description: engraving on laid paper Free text
  Material Names:
            ink Role: medium
            laid paper Role: support
Technique Name:
engraving
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Inscriptions/Marks Description or Transcription: signed in the plate, lower center: Le Pautre; upper center: CABINET DES BEAUX ARTS; lower left: LE GENIE; lower right: LE TREVAIL Free text
Subject Matter Indexing Terms:
          interior architecture
          fine arts
          books
          library
          doorway
          toil
          sculpture
          curios
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Related Works Broader Context: Le Cabinet des Beaux arts, ou, Recueile d'estampes gravées de'après les tableaux d'un plafond ou les beaux arts sont representés avec explication de ces mêmes tableaux. Dedication by Charles or Claude Perrault. Paris: chez G. Edelinck, avec privilège du Roy, et chez André Charles Boulle aux Galleries du Louvre, 1690. Relationship Number: plate 2 Authority



   
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Current Location Repository Name/Geographic Location: Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Special Collections (Los Angeles, California, United States)
Repository Numbers: 88-B12341[plate 2]
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Revised 25 February 2010