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La verite

published 1781

Jean Massard

Artist, French, 1740 - 1822

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.k

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: LA VERITE; lower left in plate: N Cochin del.; lower right in plate: Massard Sculp.

Wikidata ID

Q74880311

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