L'ange gardien (The Guardian Angel), in an album containing Recueil de Compositions par Lagrenée Le Jeune (Collection of Compositions by Lagrenée the Younger)

1782–1821
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  • Title: L'ange gardien (The Guardian Angel), in an album containing Recueil de Compositions par Lagrenée Le Jeune (Collection of Compositions by Lagrenée the Younger)
  • Series/Portfolio: Recueil de Compositions par Lagrenée Le Jeune
  • Artist: Jean Jacques Lagrenée (French, Paris 1739–1821 Paris)
  • Published in: Paris
  • Date: 1782–1821
  • Medium: Etching and aquatint; second state of two (Baudicour)
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 15 7/8 × 21 9/16 in. (40.4 × 54.7 cm)
    Plate: 5 13/16 × 7 1/2 in. (14.7 × 19 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Purchase, The Arthur Ross Foundation Gift and Charles Z. Offin Fund, 1999
  • Object Number: 1999.2(9)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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