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An Allegory Comparing Music and Poetry

1740
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: An Allegory Comparing Music and Poetry
  • Artist: Michel François Dandré-Bardon (French, Aix-en-Provence 1700–1783 Paris)
  • Date: 1740
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over red chalk and traces of black chalk, heightened with white gouache
  • Dimensions: sheet: 21 7/16 x 15 13/16 in. (54.5 x 40.2 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Ivan Phillips Gift and Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2006
  • Object Number: 2006.64
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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