PrintsGerman18th-19th century

Frontispiece to Le Sage's Gil Blas: Gil Blas as servant to licentiate Sedillo (vol. 1)

18th-19th century

Artists

Daniel Nikolaus ChodowieckiArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Etching

Culture

German

Century

18th-19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

Image: 11.5 × 6.7 cm (4 1/2 × 2 5/8 in.) Sheet: 13.5 × 7.9 cm (5 5/16 × 3 1/8 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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