print
- Museum number
- 1916,0406.1
- Title
- Object: Le Confessional
- Description
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People gathered in a church around the confessional from which an abbott is storming out, offended by the presence of two young elegant men standing among the penitents on the right; in an ornate frame, with coat of arms in the lower part. 1777
Etching
- Production date
- 1777
- Dimensions
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Height: 338 millimetres
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Width: 423 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- After a gouache shown at the Salon (1765) but immediately banned by the Archbishop of Paris; the plate was advertised with its pair, entitled 'Le Catéchisme', in 'Mercure de France', October 1777.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1916
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1916,0406.1
