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Secret

1772

Pierre-Philippe Choffard

Artist, French, 1730 - 1809

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

1988.59.10.l

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

Almanach iconologique: Les etres moraux (volume X)

Various Artists

1773

Amitie

Benoît-Louis Prévost

1773

Abondance

Jean-Baptiste Blaise Simonet

1773

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

upper left in plate: 11; lower center in plate: SECRET; lower left in plate: H...Gravelot inv...; lower right in plate: PP...Choffard.S...1772.

Wikidata ID

Q74879355

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