Mezzetin

Benoît Audran II French

after Antoine Watteau French

18th century

Not on view

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Title: Mezzetin
Artist: Benoît Audran II (French, Paris 1698–1772 Paris)
Artist: after Antoine Watteau (French, Valenciennes 1684–1721 Nogent-sur-Marne)
Date: 18th century
Medium: Etching and engraving; fourth state of four
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1935
Object Number: 35.2
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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