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First Day, Tenth Story, Maestro Alberto da Bologna

1757

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II

Artist, French, 1715 - 1790

Medium

graphite
Credit Line

Widener Collection
Dimensions

overall: 10.9 x 5.5 cm (4 5/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Accession

1942.9.695

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Album of Preliminary Drawings for Boccaccio's "Decamerone" (1757 edition), volume I

Various Artists, Hubert François Gravelot, François Boucher, Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, Charles Eisen

1757

First Day, Frontispiece

Hubert François Gravelot

1757

Second Day, Fifth Story, Andreuccio's Three Accidents in a Night

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II

1757

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower left: C.N.Cochin del.; lower center: I.Journee, Nouvelle10

Wikidata ID

Q64539628

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