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Study of Six Heads and a Milkmaid

1816
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Study of Six Heads and a Milkmaid
  • Series/Portfolio: Eleven Studies of Heads Etched By and After Boissieu
    (Onze études de têtes gravées à l'eau-forte par et d'après de Boissieu)
  • Artist: Chevalier Ignace Joseph de Claussin (French, 1766–1844 Paris)
  • Artist: After Jean Jacques de Boissieu (French, Lyons 1736–1810 Lyons)
  • Date: 1816
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 6 7/16 × 7 15/16 in. (16.4 × 20.1 cm)
    Plate: 6 7/16 × 7 3/16 in. (16.4 × 18.2 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1960
  • Object Number: 60.622.88
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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