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Frontispiece, from "Interviews with the Late Mr. Balzac" (Les Entretiens de Feu Monsieur de Balzac)

Publisher Augustin Courbé French
1660
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: Frontispiece, from "Interviews with the Late Mr. Balzac" (Les Entretiens de Feu Monsieur de Balzac)
  • Artist: Pierre Daret (French, Paris ca. 1604–1675 Dax)
  • Publisher: Augustin Courbé
  • Author: Jean Louis Guez de Balzac (French, Angoulême 1597–1654 Angoulême)
  • Date: 1660
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 4 5/8 × 2 13/16 in. (11.7 × 7.2 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Henry W. Kent, transferred from the Printing Office
  • Object Number: 41.44.1532
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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