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The Architect's Costume (For a Ballet or Masquerade)

17th century

Jacques Lepautre

Artist, French, died 1684

Medium

etching
Credit Line

Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection
Accession

1985.61.387.p56

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The Sculptor's Costume (For a Ballet or Masquerade)

Jacques Lepautre

1600

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1994

Fanciful Flourishes: Ornament in European Graphic Art and Related Objects, 1300-1800, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, as The Architect's Costume (For a Ballet or Masquerade).

Wikidata ID

Q75123036

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