PrintsFrench18th century

Love Sharpening His Arrows

18th century

Artists

J. F. CazenaveArtist

Alexandre ChaponnierArtist

Robert LefèvreArtist after

Classification

Prints

Technique

Stipple engraving

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

Image: 32.5 × 26.1 cm (12 13/16 × 10 1/4 in.) Sheet: 39.4 × 29.2 cm (15 1/2 × 11 1/2 in.)

Provenance

John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister. Belinda Lull Randall, sister of John Witt Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892.

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