Frontispiece from "Virgil"
Joseph de Longueil · 1770
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"Frontispiece from 'Virgil'" is an etching created by Joseph de Longueil in 1770. The print is documented as the second state of three. Its dimensions are 5 15/16 × 3 9/16 inches (15.1 × 9.1 cm) for the trimmed sheet, and it is classified under "Prints" within the "Drawings and Prints" department at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The artist, Joseph de Longueil, was born in 1730 and died in 1792. His nationality and a description of his background are not provided in the supplied data. The artwork was acquired by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1953 through the Harris Brisbane Dick Fund.
No provenance information, exhibition history, or relevant literature is available in the provided record. The cultural context of the artwork is also not specified.
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