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Bacchanal by Nicolas Poussin

Bacchanal

Nicolas Poussin · 1594

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DETAILS
Artist
Nicolas Poussin
Date
1594
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over faint black chalk underdrawing
Location
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dimensions
5 1/4 x 8 1/8 in. (13.3 x 20.6 cm.)
Collection
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Purchase, David T. Schiff Gift, 1998
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