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The Quack Dentist

1765
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Quack Dentist
  • Series/Portfolio: Plate 9 from Selection of Pictures from Venetian Collections, series of nineteen prints
  • Artist: Giacomo Leonardis (Italian, 1723–1794)
  • Artist: After Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1727–1804 Venice)
  • Date: 1765
  • Medium: Etching and engraving
  • Dimensions: Plate: 14 3/8 × 19 3/16 in. (36.5 × 48.7 cm)
    Sheet: 18 7/16 × 22 3/8 in. (46.9 × 56.9 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Georgiana W. Sargent, in memory of John Osborne Sargent, 1924
  • Object Number: 24.63.776
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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