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Erasmus, Praise of Folly by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki — VisualArtsDB

Erasmus, Praise of Folly

Erasmus, Praise of Folly

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

1780

Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Image: 13.6 × 7.7 cm (5 3/8 × 3 1/16 in.) Plate: 17.7 × 12 cm (6 15/16 × 4 3/4 in.) Sheet: 18.8 × 12.8 cm (7 3/8 × 5 1/16 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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