# The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1746: The Temple of Minerva

- By: Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain (French, 1715 - 1759)
- Date: 1746
- Medium: etching on laid paper
- Classification: Print
- Dimensions: plate: 40 x 47.7 cm (15 3/4 x 18 3/4 in.) ; sheet: 43.5 x 46.8 cm (17 1/8 x 18 7/16 in.)
- Culture: French
- Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gourary
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.95147.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/nga/f53a43b0-ee81-412f-a9dd-1441e024edb8/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
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