Design for Mantlepiece, from 'Cheminées a la Modern', Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, Etching on paper, The overmantle shows gaines with half-figures of women holding a garland, which is suspended from the beak of an eagle, and flanking a circular landscape. Two children crouch beside a mask on a pedestal over the opening., Europe, France, ca. 1660, Print

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