Vignette with Portrait of Louis XV in profile on a medallion with death at lower left attempting to cover the coin and a winged genius at right
Artwork Details
- Title: Vignette with Portrait of Louis XV in profile on a medallion with death at lower left attempting to cover the coin and a winged genius at right
- Artist: Louis Simon Lempereur (French, Paris 1728–1807 Paris)
- Artist: After Jean Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, Paris 1741–1814 Paris)
- Date: 1774
- Medium: Etching and engraving; fourth state of four (Bocher)
- Dimensions: Sheet: 9 9/16 × 7 1/16 in. (24.3 × 18 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Anonymous Gift, 1924
- Object Number: 24.80.143
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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