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The Wandering Jew (Le Juif Errant)

Lithographer Bertauts, P. Cadet, Paris French
Publisher Bertauts French
1856
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Wandering Jew (Le Juif Errant)
  • Artist: Gustave Doré (French, Strasbourg 1832–1883 Paris)
  • Lithographer: Bertauts, P. Cadet, Paris
  • Publisher: Bertauts
  • Date: 1856
  • Medium: Lithograph on chine collé
  • Dimensions: sheet: 17 11/16 x 12 1/2 in. (45 x 31.7 cm)
    plate: 7 11/16 x 6 7/8 in. (19.6 x 17.4 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection. The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963
  • Object Number: 63.625.167
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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