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Antique Sacrificial Celebration
1791
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French
French
Etching and aquatint in black and blue ink, tinted by hand
Image (within white border): 3 1/4 × 14 1/8 inches (8.3 × 35.9 cm) Sheet: 4 1/2 × 15 3/8 inches (11.4 × 39.1 cm)
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Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Irving F. Burton
F1987.58
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, in plate, lower left: Dessine par Moitte Sculpteur. Inscribed, lower right: Et Grave par Louise P. en 1791. Inscribed, in pencil, mount, verso, lower left: 43928.
Inscribed in plate, l.l.: Dessine par Moitte Sculpteur.; l.r.: Et Grave par Louise P. en 1791. In pencil, mount, verso, l,l.: 43928.
Provenance
1987-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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French, Antique Sacrificial Celebration, 1791, etching and aquatint in black and blue ink, tinted by hand. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Irving F. Burton, F1987.58.
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