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Lunch at the Fork (Le Dejeuner à la Fourchette) by Johann Gottfried Schadow

Lunch at the Fork (Le Dejeuner à la Fourchette)

Johann Gottfried Schadow · 1813

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Artist
Johann Gottfried Schadow
Date
1813
Medium
Watercolor
Location
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dimensions
Sheet: 6 1/16 × 15 9/16 in. (15.4 × 39.5 cm)
Collection
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2019
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