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L'Abbé Voisenon

1765–80
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: L'Abbé Voisenon
  • Engraver: Nicolas Dupin (French, active 1776–89)
  • Artist: After Claude Louis Desrais (French, Paris 1746–1816 Paris)
  • Publisher: Esnauts et Rapilly (French, active 1766–1804)
  • Sitter: Claude-Henri de Fusée, Abbé de Voisenon (French, 1708–1775)
  • Date: 1765–80
  • Medium: Etching and engraving
  • Dimensions: Plate: 7 5/8 × 5 1/8 in. (19.4 × 13 cm)
    Sheet: 9 3/16 × 6 5/8 in. (23.4 × 16.8 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart P. Feld, 1980
  • Object Number: 1980.1124.65
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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