Morceaux de Caprice (1er - 20ième Livre) (Sammelwerk, 2. Reihe)

Multiple artists/makers

1745–56

Not on view

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Title: Morceaux de Caprice (1er - 20ième Livre) (Sammelwerk, 2. Reihe)
Artist: François de Cuvilliés the Younger (German, 1731–1777)
Engraver: Johann Gottfried Haid (German, Augsburg 1714–1776 Vienna)
Engraver: Georg Sigmund Roesch (German, died 1766)
Engraver: Carl Albert von Lespilliez (German, Nymphenburg 1723–1796 Munich)
Published in: Munich
Date: 1745–56
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: 17 1/2 x 11 13/16 x 1 9/16 in. (44.5 x 30 x 4 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1924
Object Number: 24.67
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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