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2001–2002
Exhibition
2001–2002
Devices of Wonder: From the World in a Box to Images on a Screen was presented at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles in 2001–2002. The documented paintings include The Camera Obscura by Charles Amédée Philippe Van Loo, dated 1764 and executed in oil on canvas. The National Gallery of Art records this painting’s participation in its collection history. This selected checklist is partial; other exhibited works and exact opening and closing days have not been reconciled.
Also recorded as: Devices of Wonder: From the World in a Box to Images on a Screen, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
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Exact source-classified original paintings created through 1989