A Bacchanale with Egyptian and Classical Figures

1787

Jean-Philippe-Guy le Gentil, Comte de Paroy

Artist, French, 1750 - 1824

Media Options

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint with roulette on green prepared laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Katharine Shepard Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 11.4 x 55 cm (4 1/2 x 21 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 14.7 x 59 cm (5 13/16 x 23 1/4 in.) (irregular)

  • Accession

    2010.39.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Susan Schulman, New York); purchased 2010 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, at lower left: Monet delineavit; in plate, at lower right: Le Cte de Paroy Sculpt. 1787; verso: in graphite, at upper left: 1024 / V [circled] / en double

Markings

none

Watermarks

to be identified [fragment of letters?]

Wikidata ID

Q76552607


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