PrintsFrench18th-19th century

J.B. Colbert

18th-19th century

Artists

Pierre Alexandre TardieuArtist

Philippe de ChampaigneArtist after

Classification

Prints

Technique

Engraving

Culture

French

Century

18th-19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Provenance

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

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