The Pleasant Concert

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Charles Nicolas Varin

Title

The Pleasant Concert

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1789

Medium

Engraving with stipple, roulette and etching in black on ivory laid paper

Inscriptions

Inscribed, lower left: "Lavrince pinx."; lower right: "C.N. Varin sclp. 1784."

Dimensions

Image: 35.4 × 43 cm (13 15/16 × 16 15/16 in.); Plate: 38.7 × 46 cm (15 1/4 × 18 1/8 in.); Sheet: 40.6 × 50.2 cm (16 × 19 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Print and Drawing Club

Reference Number

1926.911

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