The Supper after the Masked Ball, by Thomas Couture, c. 1855
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The Supper after the Masked Ball

Thomas Couture (printed and manufactured by Jules Desfossé (French, 1816-1889))

c. 1855

Medium
Woodcut with painted and stenciled additions on tan wove paper, laid down on fabric, and stretched on a wooden stretcher
Classification
Print
Dimensions
Image: 176 × 245 cm (69 5/16 × 96 1/2 in.); Sheet, sight: 176.8 × 235.9 cm (69 5/8 × 92 7/8 in.)
Culture
France
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago, Prints and Drawings
Credit line
Zita Cogan, Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Franke, Marjorie Glaser, Inez Heginbotham, Frank Hubachek, Prints and Drawings, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Prussian, and John Winterbotham Memorial Funds; Helen Davis Bailey, Robert M. Chase, Stanley Field,…
Rights
Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed

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