Landscape containing fifteen silhouettes

Multiple artists/makers

1793–1800

Not on view

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Title: Landscape containing fifteen silhouettes
Artist: Anonymous, German, 18th century
Subject: Louis XVI, King of France (French, Versailles 1754–1793 Paris)
Subject: Louis XVII (French, Versailles 1785–1795 Paris)
Subject: Marie Antoinette, Queen of France (French (born Austria), Vienna 1755–1792 Paris)
Subject: Marie Thérèse Charlotte of France (French, Versailles 1778–1851 Lanzenkirchen)
Subject: Catherine II, Empress of Russia
Subject: Maximilien-François-Marie-Isidore de Robespierre (French, Arras 1758–1794 Paris)
Date: 1793–1800
Medium: Etching, crayon technique
Dimensions: Plate: 6 1/2 × 8 1/4 in. (16.5 × 21 cm)
Sheet: 7 5/8 × 9 1/4 in. (19.3 × 23.5 cm)
Classifications: Albums, Prints
Credit Line: Mary Martin Fund, 2017
Object Number: 2017.51(1)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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