Art Institute of Chicago
Man Reading a Book
Salomon Gessner
- Date
- 1764
- Medium
- Etching on cream laid paper
- Culture
- Switzerland
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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