Allegorical figure appearing on clouds overhead while a group of men gathered below look up in astonishment

Claude Augustin Duflos le Jeune French

After Guillaume Francois Laurent Debrie French

1728

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Title: Allegorical figure appearing on clouds overhead while a group of men gathered below look up in astonishment
Artist: Claude Augustin Duflos le Jeune (French, Paris 1700–1786 Paris)
Artist: After Guillaume Francois Laurent Debrie (French, active 1727–55)
Date: 1728
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Plate: 12 3/4 × 7 3/4 in. (32.4 × 19.7 cm)
Sheet: 14 1/8 in. × 9 in. (35.9 × 22.9 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Junius S. Morgan, 1926
Object Number: 26.36.317
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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