Letters BX, Etienne Claude Voysard, after Pierre Ranson, 1768 - 1786

Title(s)

Letters BX
Ier Cahier de Chiffres (series title)

Object type

• print

Serial number

4/6

Object number

RP-P-1908-5547

Catalogue reference

• Berlijn Orn Cat 5300-I

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Decoratieve letters B en X van bloemenranken. Daarboven een bloemenkrans.

Artist

• print maker: Etienne Claude Voysard (mentioned on object)
• after design by: Pierre Ranson (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Jacques-François Chéreau
• Franse kroon (mentioned on object)

Place

Paris

Dating

1768 - 1786

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 331 mm × width 238 mm

What

• letter combinations such as letterword, anagram, letter square, monogram, etc.

Credit line

• Gift of Jonkheer V. de Stuers

Acquisition

gift 1908

Copyright

Public domain

• Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, dl. 2, p. 635, cat.nr. 5300 I
• Les maîtres ornemanistes : dessinateurs, peintres, architectes, sculpteurs et graveurs, p. 251, cat.nr. 71