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Andromaque Pleurant sur les Cendres d'Hector (Andromache weeping over the ashes of Hector)

Engraver Jean-Baptiste Lucien French
After Angelica Kauffmann Swiss
Publisher Jacques François Chereau French
1786–94
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Object Information
  • Title: Andromaque Pleurant sur les Cendres d'Hector (Andromache weeping over the ashes of Hector)
  • Engraver: Jean-Baptiste Lucien (French, ca. 1748–1806)
  • Artist: After Angelica Kauffmann (Swiss, Chur 1741–1807 Rome)
  • Publisher: Jacques François Chereau (French, Paris 1742–1794 Paris)
  • Date: 1786–94
  • Medium: Stipple engraving and etching, printed in reddish brown ink
  • Dimensions: Plate: 20 1/4 × 12 15/16 in. (51.5 × 32.8 cm)
    Sheet: 21 in. × 13 9/16 in. (53.3 × 34.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gertrude and Thomas J. Mumford Collection, Gift of Dorothy Quick Mayer, 1942
  • Object Number: 42.119.491
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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