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Etcher Jean Michel Moreau le Jeune French
Engraver Jacques Aliamet French
After Jean-Baptiste Greuze French
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Etched by Moreau and engraved by Aliamet.
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Title: La Philosophie Endormie (Philosophy Asleep)
Etcher:
Jean Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, Paris 1741–1814 Paris)
Engraver:
Jacques Aliamet (French, Abbeville 1726–1788 Paris)
Artist:
After Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French, Tournus 1725–1805 Paris)
Date: 1776
Medium: Etching and engraving; third state of four (Bocher)
Dimensions:
Sheet: 25 3/8 × 19 11/16 in. (64.4 × 50 cm)
Plate: 18 7/8 × 13 9/16 in. (48 × 34.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession Number: 59.596.71
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