The Beautiful Girl, Venice

1922

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Drypoint; second of two states
Dimensions: sheet: 19 9/16 x 13 1/16 in. (49.7 x 33.2 cm) plate: 12 1/2 x 8 9/16 in. (31.8 x 21.7 cm)
Collection no.: 64.557.26
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Beautiful Girl, Venice — Edgar Chahine. 1922.

Medium: Drypoint; second of two states. Dimensions: sheet: 19 9/16 x 13 1/16 in. (49.7 x 33.2 cm) plate: 12 1/2 x 8 9/16 in. (31.8 x 21.7 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Gift of Raphael Esmerian, 1964.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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