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Title Page

published 1772

French 18th Century

Artist

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

1988.59.9.a

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

Almanach iconologique: L'homme (volume IX)

Various Artists

1772

Le plaiser

Benoît-Louis Prévost

1772

Le gout

Augustin de Saint-Aubin

1772

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

upper center in plate: (6-line inscription); across bottom in plate: (3-line inscription)

Wikidata ID

Q74879212

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