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Thetis and Achilles

A work made of etching on ivory laid paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of etching on ivory laid paper.

Date:

1757

Artist:

Johann Heinrich Tischbein, I
German, 1722-1789

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Johann Heinrich Tischbein, I

Title

Thetis and Achilles

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality:)

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1757

Medium

Etching on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Image: 18 × 14 cm (7 1/8 × 5 9/16 in.); Plate: 20.5 × 14.6 cm (8 1/8 × 5 3/4 in.); Sheet: 29.1 × 21.4 cm (11 1/2 × 8 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of James A. Bergquist, Boston, in loving memory of Anselmo Carini

Reference Number

2002.499

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