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The Childhood of Claude Lorrain

A work made of etching on cream chine laid down on ivory wove paper.
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  • A work made of etching on cream chine laid down on ivory wove paper.

Date:

1863

Artist:

Baron Jean-Baptiste Heraclée Olivier de Wismes
French, 1814-1887

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Baron de Jean-Baptiste Heraclée Olivier Wismes

Title

The Childhood of Claude Lorrain

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1863

Medium

Etching on cream chine laid down on ivory wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 39.9 × 57.6 cm (15 3/4 × 22 11/16 in.); Chine: 42.7 × 60.7 cm (16 13/16 × 23 15/16 in.); Plate: 44.6 × 62.5 cm (17 9/16 × 24 5/8 in.); Secondary support: 52 × 69.4 cm (20 1/2 × 27 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1992.176

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