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The Decisive Moment (L'enflammer)

François Joseph Étienne Beisson (French, 1759–1820)
After: Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (French, 1758–1823)
1797

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 33.3 × 24.4 cm (13 1/8 × 9 5/8 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB450
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné IFF (18th cent.) 18; not in Le Blanc; from Meyer 16
Marks Verso, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Babcock Bequest (Lugt 207); verso, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)