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Print, Self-Portrait of Maurice-Quentin de La Tour

This is a Print. It was print maker: Georg Friedrich Schmidt and after Maurice Quentin de Latour. It is dated 1742. Its medium is engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was bequest of George Campbell Cooper. It is credited Bequest of George Campbell Cooper.

Its dimensions are

Plate: 48.1 × 34.9 cm (18 15/16 × 13 3/4 in.) Paper: 48.9 × 35.7 cm (19 1/4 × 14 1/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscription below, in frame: "Peint par De La Tour/et Gravé/Par son ami Schmidt/en 1742." Address in margin below.

Cite this object as

Print, Self-Portrait of Maurice-Quentin de La Tour; Print Maker: Georg Friedrich Schmidt (French school, 1712 - 1775); After Maurice Quentin de Latour (1704 – 1788); France; engraving on paper; Plate: 48.1 × 34.9 cm (18 15/16 × 13 3/4 in.) Paper: 48.9 × 35.7 cm (19 1/4 × 14 1/16 in.); Bequest of George Campbell Cooper; 1896-3-232

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