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This and 11 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Altar and Cartouche Designs.

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Print, Five Alternative Designs for Altars

This is a Print. It was designed by Juan Dolívar and published by Marguerite Gastelier and print maker: Juan Dolívar. It is dated 1690 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

It is signed

Lettered in plate, lower left corner: Dolivart inv. et fecit.

It is inscribed

Numbered in plate, lower right corner: 5

Cite this object as

Print, Five Alternative Designs for Altars; Designed by Juan Dolívar (Spanish, active in France, 1641–1692); Published by Marguerite Gastelier (French, 16..–1698); France; etching on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-467-5

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