Arabesque with a Tightrope Walker

c. 1795

Anne Allen

Artist, French, active 1790s

Anne Allen after Jean-Baptiste Pillement

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching inked à la poupée in black, gray, blue, green, golden-brown, pink, and olive green

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19.3 x 13.8 cm (7 5/8 x 5 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 22.2 x 17 cm (8 3/4 x 6 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.186.5


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2003

  • Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France, NGA, 2003, no. 89.

Bibliography

2003

  • Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004: no. 89.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: J. Pillementin.; lower right in plate: Anne allen

Wikidata ID

Q74895928


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