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Avril

published 1771

Jean Francois Rousseau

Artist, French, born c. 1740

Medium

etching and engraving on laid paper
Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Dimensions

sheet: 11.2 x 6.6 cm (4 7/16 x 2 5/8 in.)
Accession

1988.59.8.e

Media for this artwork is unavailable and the object is not on view. See artworks now on view

Almanach iconologique: Les XII. mois (volume VIII)

Various Artists

1771

Aoust

Augustin de Saint-Aubin

1771

Janvier

Nicolas Delaunay

1770

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

upper right in plate: 4; lower center in plate: AVRIL; lower left in plate: H. Gravelot inv.; lower right in plate: Rousseau Sculp.

Wikidata ID

Q74879154

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