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The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1744: The Glorification of Virgil
1744
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- etching and engraving on laid paper
- Dimensions
- plate: 39 x 45 cm (15 3/8 x 17 11/16 in.) sheet: 43.8 x 56.7 cm (17 1/4 x 22 5/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1996.48.3
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain. The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1744: The Glorification of Virgil. Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain; Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gourary. CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1744: The Glorification of Virgil — Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain. 1744.
Medium: etching and engraving on laid paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): plate: 39 x 45 cm (15 3/8 x 17 11/16 in.) sheet: 43.8 x 56.7 cm (17 1/4 x 22 5/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1996.48.3. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gourary.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.