The Fabulist Truth (La Vérité Fabuliste)

Laurent Cars French

After Charles Antoine Coypel French

1720–71

Not on view

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Title: The Fabulist Truth (La Vérité Fabuliste)
Artist: Laurent Cars (French, Lyons 1699–1771 Paris)
Artist: After Charles Antoine Coypel (French, Paris 1694–1752 Paris)
Date: 1720–71
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Plate: 5 13/16 × 3 11/16 in. (14.8 × 9.3 cm)
Sheet: 6 3/8 × 4 1/8 in. (16.2 × 10.4 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Object Number: 17.3.1769
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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