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Recueil des tentes chinoises (Compendium of Chinese Tens)

(French, 1728–1808)
(French, 1749–after 1815)
(French, active 1772–1779)
second half of the 18th century
Medium/TechniqueEtching
DimensionsPlatemark: 24.3 x 16.5 cm (9 9/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 34 x 24.5 cm (13 3/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit LineMaria Antoinette Evans Fund
Accession number30.1246.1
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsU.r. in plate: 1; Etching: Recueil Des Tentes Chinoises. Inventées et Dessinées par Jean Pillement, premiere Peintre du Roy de Pologn. Se vendent a Paris Chéz Le Pere et Avaulez A Paris Verso lower right in graphite pencil (later hand): 381
ProvenanceG. Mathias; from whom purchased by MFA, July 1930.