PrintsFrench17th-18th century

Figure of a Man

17th-18th century

Artists

Bernard PicartArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Etching

Culture

French

Century

17th-18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

Image: 29.2 × 21 cm (11 1/2 × 8 1/4 in.) Plate: 30.3 × 21.7 cm (11 15/16 × 8 9/16 in.) Sheet: 42 × 27.9 cm (16 9/16 × 11 in.)

Provenance

John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister. Belinda Lull Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892. sister of John Witt Randall

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