PrintsFrench17th-18th century

The Danaïdes

17th-18th century

Artists

Bernard PicartArtist

Ciro FerriArtist after

Classification

Prints

Technique

Etching

Culture

French

Century

17th-18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

Image: 18.3 × 21.2 cm (7 3/16 × 8 3/8 in.) Plate: 19.5 × 21.8 cm (7 11/16 × 8 9/16 in.) Sheet: 33.5 × 27.1 cm (13 3/16 × 10 11/16 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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