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Contest for the Prize for the Study of Heads and Expressions

1763
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Contest for the Prize for the Study of Heads and Expressions
  • Artist: Jean Jacques Flipart (French, Paris 1719–1782 Paris)
  • Artist: After Charles Nicolas Cochin II (French, Paris 1715–1790 Paris)
  • Date: 1763
  • Medium: Etching
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933
  • Object Number: 33.60
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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