Proof impression with Corrections and Instructions of a Print celebrating the Union and Lineage of Eriprand de la Tour with the Comtesse de Valsasine

Proof impression with Corrections and Instructions of a Print celebrating the Union and Lineage of Eriprand de la Tour with the Comtesse de Valsasine

Anonymous, French, 17th century

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portfolio containing drawings and prints recording designs for funerary monuments and altars. While part of the drawings are sewn together in a quire, the group as a whole seems to have been compiled at a later date.

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Proof impression with Corrections and Instructions of a Print celebrating the Union and Lineage of Eriprand de la Tour with the Comtesse de ValsasineProof impression with Corrections and Instructions of a Print celebrating the Union and Lineage of Eriprand de la Tour with the Comtesse de ValsasineProof impression with Corrections and Instructions of a Print celebrating the Union and Lineage of Eriprand de la Tour with the Comtesse de ValsasineProof impression with Corrections and Instructions of a Print celebrating the Union and Lineage of Eriprand de la Tour with the Comtesse de ValsasineProof impression with Corrections and Instructions of a Print celebrating the Union and Lineage of Eriprand de la Tour with the Comtesse de Valsasine

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