A putto sits with a map and measuring instruments in front of a building with columns and a cornice Between the columns hangs a round medallion with portrait en profil of Franois Menssard In the lower margin the text EST EN MLDITANT AINSI QUE L'ON ACQUIERT DE LA SCIENCE, Franois Mansart, Architecture Franois Menssard L'Architectuur Nouveau Troph, print maker: Louis Jacob, (mentioned on object), Clément Pierre Marillier, (mentioned on object), publisher: Louis-Joseph Mondhare, Paris, 1760 - 1784, paper, etching, engraving, h 284 mm × w 194 mm

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