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The Lover Surprised by Jean Frédéric Schall, Charles Melchior Descourtis — VisualArtsDB

The Lover Surprised

The Lover Surprised

Jean Frédéric Schall Charles Melchior Descourtis

1798

Medium: Wash manner
Dimensions: image: 46 × 37 cm (18 1/8 × 14 9/16 in.) plate: 55.5 × 42.9 cm (21 7/8 × 16 7/8 in.) sheet: 56.5 × 44 cm (22 1/4 × 17 5/16 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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