PrintsFrench17th-18th century

The Lentil Eater

17th-18th century

Artists

Bernard PicartArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Etching

Culture

French

Century

17th-18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

Image: 15.5 × 13 cm (6 1/8 × 5 1/8 in.) Plate: 17 × 13.5 cm (6 11/16 × 5 5/16 in.) Sheet: 42 × 27.9 cm (16 9/16 × 11 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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