A Wild Swan Attacked by a Dog

ink or chalk washdrawings (visual works)

Date

c. 1740

Medium

Brush and gray wash and black gouache, heightened with lead white (discolored), on blue laid paper (faded), laid down on cream board

Dimensions

31.9 × 41.4 cm (12 9/16 × 16 5/16 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Purchased with funds provided by the Joseph and Helen Regenstein Foundation

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