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La Rixe

A work made of color aquatint with etching and engraving in black ink on ivory wove paper.
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  • A work made of color aquatint with etching and engraving in black ink on ivory wove paper.

Date:

n.d.

Artist:

Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753-1820)
Charles Auguste Taunay (French, 1769-1824)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Charles Melchior Descourtis

Title

La Rixe

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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Artist's working dates 1773–1826

Medium

Color aquatint with etching and engraving in black ink on ivory wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 30.4 × 23.5 cm (12 × 9 5/16 in.); Plate: 39.2 × 29.2 cm (15 7/16 × 11 1/2 in.); Sheet: 49 × 34.4 cm (19 5/16 × 13 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Charles Netcher

Reference Number

1924.1307

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