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Sweet Melancholy

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Sweet Melancholy | 1996.1
 
  Title:Sweet Melancholy
Other Titles:Foreign title: La douce mélancolie
Maker:Joseph-Marie Vien (French, 1716 - 1809)
Medium: oil on canvas
Measurements: Framed: 86.4cm x 76.2cm x 6.5cm, Unframed: 68cm x 55cm
Date:1756
Classification: painting
Acquisition: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
Location: Gallery 7–8 | European Art: Paris as an International Art Center, 1715–1800

Accession Number:1996.1
Department: European Paintings and Sculpture
Inscription: Signed lower right: "jos. m. vien / 1756"

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