PrintsFrench17th-18th century

Figure of a Man

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: 30 × 22.3 cm (11 13/16 × 8 3/4 in.) Plate: 31 × 23 cm (12 3/16 × 9 1/16 in.) Sheet: 42 × 27.5 cm (16 9/16 × 10 13/16 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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