Qu'en Dit L'Abbe? (What Does the Abbot Say About it?)

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Nicolas Delaunay

Title

Qu'en Dit L'Abbe? (What Does the Abbot Say About it?)

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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Artist's working dates 1759–1792

Medium

Engraving in black ink on ivory wove paper

Inscriptions

Lettered, lower left, in image: "Peint à la Gouasse par N. Lavereince, Peintre du Roi de Suede"; center, below image: "Qu'en Dit L'Abbé?"; lower right: "Gravé par N. De Launay, Graveur du Roi de France et de Danemark, et des Acad.ies de France et de Copenhague."

Dimensions

Image: 45 × 30.5 cm (17 3/4 × 12 1/16 in.); Plate: 48 × 35.2 cm (18 15/16 × 13 7/8 in.); Sheet: 50.4 × 35.5 cm (19 7/8 × 14 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Print and Drawing Club

Reference Number

1926.971

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