Félix Bracquemond
The Fool Selling Wisdom
c. 1854
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Félix Bracquemond
The Fool Selling Wisdom
c. 1854
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 213 x 145 mm. (8 3/8 x 5 11/16 in.)
Plate: 160 x 111 mm. (6 5/16 x 4 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.4615
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Inscribed: Signed in ink: lower right "Bracquemond" Inscribed in pencil: bottom right, in unknown hand "le fou qui vend la sagesse"
Markings: Watermark: "N [indecipherable]"
