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This and 52 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Architectural Prints.

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1920

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Print, Architectural Elevation of La Retraite within its Landscape

This is a Print. It was designed by François de Cuvilliés the younger and published by François de Cuvilliés the younger and print maker: Joseph Kaltner. It is dated 1771 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is engraving and etching on 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.

It is signed

Lettered in plate, lower left, below border: De Cuvillie fils in.; lettered lower right, below border: J. Kaltner sculp.

It is inscribed

Numbered in plate, upper left corner: 3; lettered upper left: C.P.R/ Graeeorum labor infignis patel ecce recessus/ Hinc mens, hincioculus, quo recreetur, habet/ Nobilitat partem structure pompa finistram/ In Medio placidos Catarada sonos; lettered upper right: Gaudia Camporum dextra se parte relevant/ Allicit omne Nemus pullulat ommis ager/ Non interruptoe viret area blanda quietis/ Overe tali Principe Digna domus/ C.P.S.C.M/ V; numbered in plate, lower center: 1771

Cite this object as

Print, Architectural Elevation of La Retraite within its Landscape; Designed by François de Cuvilliés the younger (German, 1731 - 1777); Print Maker: Joseph Kaltner (German, ca. 1758 - after 1824); Germany; engraving and etching on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-286-14

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