Le Colisée (The Colosseum), in an album containing Recueil de Compositions par Lagrenée Le Jeune (Collection of Compositions by Lagrenée the Younger)

Jean Jacques Lagrenée French

1782–1821

Not on view

Artwork Details

Title: Le Colisée (The Colosseum), 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
Dimensions: Sheet: 15 7/8 × 21 9/16 in. (40.3 × 54.8 cm)
Plate: 4 1/8 × 5 13/16 in. (10.4 × 14.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Purchase, The Arthur Ross Foundation Gift and Charles Z. Offin Fund, 1999
Object Number: 1999.2(8)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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