PrintsFrench18th century

Mother and Child

18th century

Artists

Dominique Vivant DenonArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Etching

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

Plate: 17.7 × 20.5 cm (6 15/16 × 8 1/16 in.) Sheet: 24.6 × 26.3 cm (9 11/16 × 10 3/8 in.)

Provenance

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

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