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Roger Vieillard and Ovid

The Fable of Phaeton

1938

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The Fable of Phaeton

1938

Physical Qualities Unbound volume with six engravings plus extra print, Book: 330 x 259 x 15 mm. (13 x 10 3/16 x 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Purchased as the gift of Jeffrey A. Legum, Baltimore
Object Number 2012.231
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2012; Conrad Graeber, Baltimore; Daniel Bell, Cambridge

Inscribed: on colophon, center in graphite: "59 / R Vieillard"

Artist

Roger Vieillard

1906–1988

French, 1907-1989
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Author

Ovid

b. 2043

Roman, 43 BC-17 AD
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