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Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Title Page and Vignette for La Fontaine's 'Klara Du Plessis'1794

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Engraving on cream paper showing three robed figures bent over low wooden tables in a courtyard beneath a spreading tree against a brick wall
Circular engraving of two figures in late 18th-century dress standing outdoors beside a wooden building; a man and a long-haired woman face each other near a tree, with a hillside and fence visible behind them, rendered in fine crosshatched lines.

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, Title Page and Vignette for La Fontaine's 'Klara Du Plessis', 1794, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Talpis, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Title
Title Page and Vignette for La Fontaine's 'Klara Du Plessis'
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1794
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Various dimensions
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Talpis
Accession Number
55.102.45-.46
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings