"allegory of connoisseurship of the arts", 1775, by charles-nicolas cochin (1715-1790). Red chalk over black chalk on paper, with author signature. An engraving after this drawing was published as the frontispiece to: catalogue raisonné des différens objects de curiosités dans les sciences et arts (paris: f. Basan and g. Desprez, 1775). Typdr 715. C294. 75a, houghton library, harvard university. Date: 1775. Collection: Houghton Library.
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