The Chimera

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Louis Jean Desprez

Title

The Chimera

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1771

Medium

Etching in black on cream laid paper

Dimensions

Image: 27.9 × 36 cm (11 × 14 3/16 in.); Plate: 32.3 × 38 cm (12 3/4 × 15 in.); Sheet: 43 × 53 cm (16 15/16 × 20 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Fund

Reference Number

2018.195

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