Man discovering a murdered companion

Man discovering a murdered companion by Alexandre Joseph Desenne|Jean Pierre Larcher

Medium

Etching and engraving

Dimensions

Plate: 9 × 6 in. (22.9 × 15.2 cm) Sheet: 10 1/16 × 6 9/16 in. (25.6 × 16.7 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917

Accession Number

17.3.1941

Tags

MenDeath

About the Artist

Alexandre Joseph Desenne|Jean Pierre Larcher · 17851827

Alexandre Joseph Desenne (1785–1827) was a French artist who specialized in book illustrations and became one of the foremost vignette designers for the finest editions of French literary classics during the early 19th century. Born in Paris in 1785 as the son of a bookseller, Desenne grew up immersed in the world of books and publishing, which profoundly influenced his career trajectory. Remarkab...

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