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Hercule monte au Ciel ...

1768

Charles Eisen

Artist, French, 1720 - 1778

Medium

graphite with gray wash and white heightening
Credit Line

Widener Collection
Accession

1942.9.1018

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Lotos metamorphosee en Arbre en fuyant Priape

Jean-Michel Moreau the Younger

1767

Achelous se metamorphose en Taureau ...

Jean Francois Rousseau

1767

Lucine a la porte d'Alcmene terrasse Galanthis et la metamorphose in Belette

Jean-Michel Moreau the Younger

1767

Artwork history & notes

Wikidata ID

Q64538525

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