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Vue des Environs de Flessingue
mid-18th century
Jean Baptiste Pillement (Artist) French, 1728-1808 Pierre Charles Canot (Artist) French, 1710-1777 Basan Graveur (Publisher)
Etching printed in black ink on laid paper
Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 9 3/4 × 13 3/8 inches (24.8 × 34 cm)
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Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S227
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Markings
Inscribed, in plate, lower left: J. Pillement invt. et del. Inscribed, lower right P.C. Canot Sculpt. Inscribed, lower center: 2e: Vue des Environs De Flessingue Inscribed, in pencil, verso: Publisher J. Basan engraver Inscribed, in black ink, bottom left edge: No 1227. Cariccieth, North Wales. By - Harold Warren.
Stamp, verso: Scripps (Lugt Suppl. 2357a)
Provenance
December 1885, M. Bruckner Sale. 1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Pierre Charles Canot; after Jean Baptiste Pillement, Vue des Environs de Flessingue, mid-18th century, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S227.
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