Art Institute of Chicago

Lady Reading the Letters of Heloise and Abelard

c. 1780

Type: oil on canvas
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 81.3 × 64.8 cm (32 × 25 1/2 in.); Framed: 105.5 × 89.9 × 11.5 cm (41 1/2 × 35 3/8 × 4 1/2 in.)
Credit: Mrs. Harold T. Martin Fund; Lacy Armour Endowment; Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection

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