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La silence

1780

Charles Louis Lingée

Artist, French, 1748 - 1819

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

1988.59.18.d

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

Almanach iconologique: Les vertus et les vices (volume XVIII)

Various Artists

1781

La sincerite

François Godefroy

1781

La sobriete

Charles Louis Lingée

1780

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: LE SILENCE; lower left in plate: C.N. Cochin.f.del.; lower right in plate: C. L. Lingee.Scul.1780

Wikidata ID

Q74880237

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