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Capriccio with Fountain and Frolicking Swans

A work made of pen and brown ink, with brush and blue and brown wash, on ivory laid paper, perimeter mounted on cream laid paper.
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  • A work made of pen and brown ink, with brush and blue and brown wash, on ivory laid paper, perimeter mounted on cream laid paper.

Date:

1772

Artist:

Jean Baptiste Huet
French, 1745-1811

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Jean Baptiste Huet

Title

Capriccio with Fountain and Frolicking Swans

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1772

Medium

Pen and brown ink, with brush and blue and brown wash, on ivory laid paper, perimeter mounted on cream laid paper

Dimensions

30.4 × 19.9 cm (12 × 7 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Mary S. Adams Fund income, purchased with funds provided by Robert Hamman, and Everett D. Graff Fund income

Reference Number

1983.781

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