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Satirical print on an art critic
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Satirical print on an art critic

Pierre Etienne Lesueur · c. 1795 · etching; paper; ink

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Allegorical representation of the studio of a Neoclassical artist (Jacques-Louis David) with a mocking reference to art critic Louis-Sébastien Mercier: "He who despises the arts and does not feel their utility is [a jug]."

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Credit lineSpotprent op een kunstcriticus. c. 1795. Pierre Etienne Lesueur. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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