Allegory of Vices

Adolphe Alcan French

Former Attribution Formerly attributed to Gustave Moreau French

1870s?

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Title: Allegory of Vices
Artist: Adolphe Alcan (French, Metz 1836–1922 Paris)
Former Attribution: Formerly attributed to Gustave Moreau (French, Paris 1826–1898 Paris)
Date: 1870s?
Medium: Brush and watercolor and gilt over graphite
Dimensions: 4 3/4 x 12 13/16in. (12 x 32.5cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Purchase, Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1969
Object Number: 69.641
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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