The Mysterious Swing

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Gérard Vidal

Title

The Mysterious Swing

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1762–1804

Medium

Etching, with stipple, roulette, and engraving, on cream laid paper

Inscriptions

Lettered, lower left: "Peint par Lavrince peintre du Roi de Suede et d'Academie Royale de Stokolme."; lower right: "Gravee par Vidal."

Dimensions

Image: 37.5 × 26.8 cm (14 13/16 × 10 9/16 in.); Sheet: 41.2 × 30 cm (16 1/4 × 11 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Print and Drawing Club

Reference Number

1926.921

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