Le mercure de France

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Heinrich Guttenberg

Title

Le mercure de France

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality:)

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1775–1785

Medium

Engraving with etching on ivory laid paper

Inscriptions

Lettered, lower left: "Peint par Lavrince, peintre du Roi de Suede, et de l'acad.e R.le de Stokolm."; lower right: "Grave par Guttenberg."

Dimensions

sheet (trimmed within plate): 36.9 × 43.4 cm (14 9/16 × 17 1/8 in.); Image: 29.4 × 36.8 cm (11 5/8 × 14 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Print and Drawing Club

Reference Number

1926.916

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