A couple conversing in a stable yard, with a double rainbow overhead, from 'Linear Perspective, Applied to the Art of Painting'

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg Danish

1841

Not on view

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Title: A couple conversing in a stable yard, with a double rainbow overhead, from 'Linear Perspective, Applied to the Art of Painting'
Series/Portfolio: Linear Perspective, Applied to the Art of Painting
Artist: Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (Danish, Blåkrog 1783–1853 Copenhagen)
Date: 1841
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 4 in. × 3 3/4 in. (10.2 × 9.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1966
Object Number: 66.623.13
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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