PrintsSwiss19th century

Arnold De Melchtal

1867

Artists

Achille Isidore GilbertArtist

Jean-Léonard LugardonArtist after

Classification

Prints

Technique

Lithograph

Medium

Lithograph on heavy cream wove paper

Culture

Swiss

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

image: 33.5 × 49.3 cm (13 3/16 × 19 7/16 in.) sheet: 53.2 × 68.7 cm (20 15/16 × 27 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Alfred Schreiber-Favre, Geneva (Lugt 178b). Peter Soriano, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

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