The Lover Surprised (L'Amant Surpris)
| Title | The Lover Surprised (L'Amant Surpris) |
|---|---|
| Artist | Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753–1820) |
| Date | c. 1798 18th century |
| Medium | Wash manner etching and engraving printed in blue, red, yellow, and black inks |
| Classification | |
| Origin | France France |
| Holding institution | The Cleveland Museum of Art |
| Credit line | The Lover Surprised (L'Amant Surpris), c. 1798. Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753–1820), after Frédéric Schall (French, 1752–1825). Wash manner etching and engraving printed in blue, red, yellow, and black inks; sheet: 57 x 45 cm (22 7/16 x 17 11/16 in.); to borderline: 46.5 x 37.5 cm (18 5/16 x 14 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Print Club of Cleveland in honor of the museum's one-hundredth anniversary, 2015.151 |
| Rights | Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose. |
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“The Lover Surprised (L'Amant Surpris)” is a work by Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753–1820), dated c. 1798. It is executed in wash manner etching and engraving printed in blue, red, yellow, and black inks and classified as print. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).
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