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This and 119 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Bound Volume, Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier.

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1920

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Print, Girandolle à branche de porcelaine garnie d'or (Girandolle with Porcelain Branches Covered in Gold), plate 69, from Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier)

This is a Print. It was designed by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier and published by Gabriel Huquier and engraved by Gabriel Huquier. It is dated 1740 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is engraving on white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

23.5 x 19.5 cm (9 1/4 x 7 11/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in plate, lower left: J.A. Meissonnier inv.; lower right: Huquier Sculp. et ex. rüe St. Jacque C.P.R.

It is inscribed

Inscribed in plate, upper left: L; upper right: 69; lower center: Girandolle a branche de porcelaine garnie d'or

Cite this object as

Print, Girandolle à branche de porcelaine garnie d'or (Girandolle with Porcelain Branches Covered in Gold), plate 69, from Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier); Designed by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (French, b. Italy, 1695–1750); Engraved by Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695–1772); France; engraving on white laid paper; 23.5 x 19.5 cm (9 1/4 x 7 11/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-212-29-a

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