L'Origine de la Peinture, ou Les Portraits à la Mode

Jean Ouvrier French

After Johann Eleazar Zeissig, called Schenau German

1755–84

Not on view

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Title: L'Origine de la Peinture, ou Les Portraits à la Mode
Artist: Jean Ouvrier (French, Paris 1725–1784)
Artist: After Johann Eleazar Zeissig, called Schenau (German, Grossschönau (Gross-Schönau) 1737–1806 Dresden)
Date: 1755–84
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: sheet: 19 x 13 7/8 in. (48.3 x 35.3 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Mary Martin Fund, 1979
Object Number: 1979.531
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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