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"The Court Attire" from The Songs of Béranger by François-Louis Français

"The Court Attire" from The Songs of Béranger

François-Louis Français · 1829

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DETAILS
Artist
François-Louis Français
Date
1829
Medium
Intaglio
Location
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dimensions
Sheet: 8 5/8 × 5 1/2 in. (21.9 × 14 cm)
Collection
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection. The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
ART MOVEMENTS
Barbizon school
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THE ARTIST

François-Louis Français

19th-century French landscape painter who bridged Barbizon naturalism and Impressionist light.

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