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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
The Feast of Belshazzar
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsWorks of Art on Paper
Artist (French, 1816 - 1854)

The Feast of Belshazzar

Date1852
Credit LinePartial gift of the Art History Department Fund
Dimensions23 5/8 x 35 7/16 in. (60 x 90 cm)
Object number1992.013
Exhibition HistoryDrawn from Life: The Human Presence in 17th to 20th Century Drawings, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 17 - May 14, 1995
The Paris Salon: Drawings and Sculptures from Atlanta Collections, Michael C. Carlos Museum, September 21, 1996 - January 5, 1997
Monsters, Demons & Winged Beasts: Composite Creatures in the Ancient World, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 5 - June 19, 2011
Published ReferencesMichael C. Carlos Museum Handbook (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 1996), 131.
ProvenancePurchased by MCCM from Yves Mikaeloff SA, Paris, France.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Works of Art on Paper
© Estate of Mela Lyman.  Image courtesy Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University.
Mela Lyman
1979
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
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1856
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.
Jean Dubuffet
1950
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Jean-Jacques Lequeu
1757-1825
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Jean Lepautre
17th Century
© Manuel Hughes.  Image courtesy Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University.
Manuel Hughes
mid-late 20th Century
© Estate of Elizabeth Murray.  Image courtesy Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University.
Elizabeth Murray
May 1986
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Walter Parsons Shaw Griffin
early 20th Century
© Manuel Hughes.  Image courtesy of G Ray Sullivan Jr.
Manuel Hughes
© Manuel Hughes. Image courtesy Emory Libraries Digitization.
Manuel Hughes