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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hidden silhouettes of the rulers of Europe

Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria|Ferdinand VII, King of Spain|George II, King of Great Britain and Ireland|Pope Pius VI|Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany|Lussano|Marie Antoinette, Queen of France|Caroline of Ansbach|Louis XVII|Louis XVI, King of France|Christian Schwan|Friedrich Karl Joseph von Erthal, Prince-elector and Archbishop of Mainz|Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor

1794

Attribution
| | | | | | | | | |After| | Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria|Ferdinand VII, King of Spain|George II, King of Great Britain and Ireland|Pope Pius VI|Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany|Lussano|Marie Antoinette, Queen of France|Caroline of Ansbach|Louis XVII|Louis XVI, King of France|Christian Schwan|Friedrich Karl Joseph von Erthal, Prince-elector and Archbishop of Mainz|Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor | | | | | | | | | | | | German, Drogenbos 1724–1799 Munich|Spanish, El Escorial 1784–1833 Madrid|Hanover 1683–1760 London|Italian, Cesena 1717–1799 Valence| |Italian(?), active ca. 1794|French (born Austria), Vienna 1755–1792 Paris|British, Ansbach 1683–1737 London|French, Versailles 1785–1795 Paris|French, Versailles 1754–1793 Paris|German, active 18th century|German, Lohr am Main 1719–1802 Aschaffenburg|Austrian, Florence 1768–1835 Vienna
Medium
Etching
Physical dimensions
Plate: 7 9/16 × 11 3/4 in. (19.2 × 29.8 cm) Sheet: 8 9/16 × 12 3/8 in. (21.7 × 31.4 cm)
Credit line
The Glenn Tilley Morse Collection, Bequest of Glenn Tilley Morse, 1950
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