Reason, Disguised as Fable, Chastises the Ridicules and Crushes the Vices
1773
Artists
Dimensions
20.8 × 12.7 cm (8 3/16 × 5 in.)
Provenance
Dreyfus de Gonzalès, sold [through his sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, June 8, 1896, no. 63]. Sold through [Millon & Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris, December 11, 2009, lot 71]. [Galerie Terrades, Paris, France], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016.
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