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18th Centurymixed mediaeuropean painting

Date

1725–75, with later additions

Medium

Mixed media including cloth, cork, gouache, metal, moss, papier-mâché, polychrome, terracotta, straw, watercolor, wax, and wood

Dimensions

Overall: 430 × 465 × 140 cm (169 5/16 × 183 1/8 × 55 1/8 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. James N. Bay and Linda and Vincent Buonanno and Family; Eloise W. Martin Legacy Fund; purchased with funds provided by of Ruth Ann Gillis and Michael McGuinnis and Mrs. Robert O. Levitt; Charles H. and Mary F. Worcester Collection Fund

Also notable

Works in the same vein

A27: Virginia Kitchen, 18th Century

E-22: French Provincial Bedroom of the Louis XV Period, 18th Century

Side Chair

Giles Grendey (English, 1693–1780) London, England