Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, Comte de Caylus, Francois Philippe Charpentier, Giovanni Francesco Penni
(French, 1692–1765)
The Egyptians Drowned in the Red Sea
Object Details
Artist
Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, Comte de Caylus, Francois Philippe Charpentier, Giovanni Francesco Penni
Medium
Etching and aquatintCaylus’s original etching plate reworked in aquatint by Charpentier
Dimensions
Plate: 8 5/8 × 13 7/8 inches (21.9 × 35.2 cm)
Sheet: 10 1/4 × 15 1/2 inches (26 × 39.4 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired through the Professor M. H. Abrams and Ruth Abrams Purchase Fund
Object
Number
2013.022.002