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Les Amours Pastorales de Daphnis et Chloé

1776
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Les Amours Pastorales de Daphnis et Chloé
  • Author: Written by Longus (Greek, active 3rd century CE)
  • Publisher: Published by Bouillon
  • Translator: Translated by Jacques Amyot
  • Designer: Frontispiece designed by Antoine Coypel (French, Paris 1661–1722 Paris)
  • Date: 1776
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
  • Object Number: 41.100.193
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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