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Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps

Un Mediant (A Beggar)

Maker

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps (French, 1803-1860), printmaker

Title

Un Mediant (A Beggar)

Year

ca. 1833

Medium

  • etching

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • etching

Materials

etching

Supports

  • Light weight Oriental tissue paper mounted on medium weight cream wove paper

Dimensions

Plate: 17.9 x 12.1 cm (7 1/16 x 4 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered with artists' intials at left: "DC". Recto: stamped with the collector's mark of Jules Gerbeau (Lugt 1166). Verso: stamped with collector's mark of Louis Galichon (Lugt 1060).

Marks: Jules Gerbeau collector mark in red ink on recto (Lugt 1166)Louis Galichon collector mark in blue ink on recto (Lugt 1060)Emile Galichon collector mark in blue ink on recto (Lugt 856)

Identification

Standard Reference Number

IFF 1953, no. 4

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

70.004

Type

  • Prints

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Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps (French, 1803-1860), printmaker
Un Mediant (A Beggar), ca. 1833
Etching
Plate: 17.9 x 12.1 cm (7 1/16 x 4 3/4 inches)
Museum Works of Art Fund 70.004

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