DETAILS
- Artist
- Carle Vanloo
- Date
- 1742
- Medium
- Etching
- Location
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Dimensions
- sheet: 10 15/16 x 15 3/16 in. (27.8 x 38.5 cm)
- Collection
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
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