PrintsFrench18th century

Drawing by Balthazar Peruzzi of Sienna

1763

Artists

A. Claude Philippe de Thubières comte de CaylusArtist

François Philippe CharpentierArtist

Nicolas Le SueurArtist

Baldassare PeruzziArtist after

Classification

Prints

Technique

Etching and aquatint

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

Image: 27 × 19.6 cm (10 5/8 × 7 11/16 in.) Plate: 32.1 × 20.3 cm (12 5/8 × 8 in.) Sheet: 48.2 × 34.8 cm (19 × 13 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Horace M. Swope, St. Louis and New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1940

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