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Fifth Day, Fourth Story, The Nightingale

1757

Charles Eisen

Artist, French, 1720 - 1778

Charles Eisen

Attributed to

Medium

graphite
Credit Line

Widener Collection
Dimensions

overall: 11 x 5.5 cm (4 5/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Accession Number

1942.9.721

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Album of Preliminary Drawings for Boccaccio's "Decamerone" (1757 edition), volume I

Various Artists, Hubert François Gravelot, François Boucher, Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, Charles Eisen

1757

First Day, Tenth Story, Maestro Alberto da Bologna

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II

1757

First Day, Frontispiece

Hubert François Gravelot

1757

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower left: C. Eisen f... 17[..?]

Wikidata ID

Q64538483

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