Scène de Sacrifice (Antique Sacrifice), from Recueil de différentes compositions frises et ornements dessinées et gravées à la manière du lavis par La Grenée le Jeunen (Collection of Different Frieze Compositions and Ornaments Drawn and Engraved in the Wash Drawing Style by La Grenée the Younger)

1784–1785

Medium: Etching, aquatint, and lift-ground aquatint, printed in brown ink
Dimensions: sheet: 8 1/4 × 17 15/16 in. (21 × 45.5 cm)
Credit Line: Everett V. Meeks, B.A. 1901, Fund
Accession Number: 2013.111.1
Geography: Made in France
Culture: French
Period: 18th century
Classification: Prints
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Provenance

The Albertina, Vienna (from a sale of duplicates in 1922)

Bibliography

"Acquisitions 2014," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2014),

Object copyright

Additional information

Object/Work type

aquatints, etchings, friezes (ornamental bands), human figures (visual works), mythology

Verso: Collection stamp, Albertina Duplicate (Lugt suppl. 5d)

verso, in graphite: F III. 30F94\r\nverso, printed in black ink and pasted on: 63687

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