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Object Type
print
Museum number
1856,0308.1031
Title
Object:
Le maréchal ferrant
Series:
Galerie du Musée Napoléon
Series:
Musée Napoléon
Series:
Galerie Napoléon
Series:
Galerie du Musée de France
Description
Plate 564: Blacksmith shoeing the right hind leg of a horse outside his workshop; three cavalrymen awaits; after Philips Wouwerman. c.1804/15 Etching and engraving
Producer name
After:
Philips Wouwerman
Print made by:
Marie Alexandre Duparc
(engraving)
Print made by:
Alexis Chataignier
(etching)
Intermediary draughtsman:
Claude François Girod-Lambert
School/style
French
Dutch
Production date
1804-1815
(circa)
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
etching
Dimensions
Height:
147 millimetres
(trimmed)
Width:
170 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
From 'Galerie du Musée Napoléon', see 1856,0308.625 for comment.
Bibliographic references
IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
(5)
(Duparc)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
blacksmith/farrier
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
George Willis
Acquisition date
1856
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1856,0308.1031