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A Triton Blowing a Conch Shell

Jean-Baptiste Nattier1724

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States

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Title: A Triton Blowing a Conch Shell
Creator: Jean-Baptiste Nattier
Date Created: 1724
Physical Dimensions: overall: 27.9 x 22.6 cm (11 x 8 7/8 in.)
Provenance: Peter Jones, Chester; Mr. Green; Basil L. Dighton, London; Hon. Irwin Boyle Laughlin, 1918, Washington, D.C.; his wife, Therese Iselin Laughlin, Washington, D.C., 1941; their daughter,Gertrude Laughlin Chanler, New York, 1958; gift to NGA, 2000.
Rights: CC0
Medium: black chalk heightened with white chalk on gray-brown laid paper

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

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