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The Drawing Lesson

A work made of engraving in black on cream laid paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of engraving in black on cream laid paper.

Date:

1749

Artist:

Jacques Philippe Le Bas (French, 1707-1783)
after Jean Baptiste Siméon Chardin (French, 1699-1779)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Jacques Philippe Le Bas

Title

The Drawing Lesson

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1749

Medium

Engraving in black on cream laid paper

Dimensions

Image: 25.1 × 30.9 cm (9 15/16 × 12 3/16 in.); Plate: 29.4 × 32.9 cm (11 5/8 × 13 in.); Sheet: 45.5 × 62.4 cm (17 15/16 × 24 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Fund

Reference Number

2010.58

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