L'Optique (The Optical Viewer)

Provenance

(Paul Prouté S.A., Paris); purchased 2002 by NGA.

L'Optique (The Optical Viewer)

Boilly, Louis-Léopold

c. 1793

Accession Number

2002.125.1

Medium

etching and wash manner, inked à la poupée in black, brown, and green with hand coloring

Dimensions

plate: 55 x 45 cm (21 5/8 x 17 11/16 in.) | sheet: 55.9 x 47.8 cm (22 x 18 13/16 in.)

Classification

Print

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of Ivan E. and Winifred Phillips in honor of Margaret Morgan Grasselli and Andrew Robison