Phrosine and Melidore
Pierre Paul Prud'honWW-1796-276753
1796·etching, stipple, roulette, and engraving on wove paper·plate: 21 x 14.5 cm (8 1/4 x 5 11/16 in.)
sheet: 29.3 x 20.8 cm (11 9/16 x 8 3/16 in.)
Catalogue
- Year
- 1796
- Dimensions
- plate: 21 x 14.5 cm (8 1/4 x 5 11/16 in.) sheet: 29.3 x 20.8 cm (11 9/16 x 8 3/16 in.)
- Collection
- National Gallery of Art
- Artist
- Pierre Paul Prud'hon
Artist
Pierre Paul Prud'hon
Painting
Pierre-Paul Prud'hon was a French Neo-classical painter and draughtsman best known in his own time for his allegorical paintings and portraits, now for his drawings. He painted a portrait of both of Napoleon's two wives.
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- Pierre Paul Prud'hon
- Year
- 1796
- Dimensions
- plate: 21 x 14.5 cm (8 1/4 x 5 11/16 in.) sheet: 29.3 x 20.8 cm (11 9/16 x 8 3/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1796-276753
Source
- Collection
- National Gallery of Art
- Source
- nga
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