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As a mouse runs up a young woman's leg, young man lifts her skirt and the cat catches it. Engraving by V. Pillement and C. Niquet after E. Le Bel.

Itinerant actors performing on stage in Rome an attempt to sell medicines to local people. Etching by A. Chataignier and engraving by C. Niquet, the elder, 1818, after J. Swebach-Desfontaines after K. Dujardin, 1687.

Apollo. Etching by L.M.Y. Quéverdo and Niquet the younger and engraving by C. Niquet after Bourdon.

Venus [Aphrodite]. Etching by L.M.Y. Quéverdo and J. Pillement and engraving by C. Niquet the elder after Bourdon.

A rich man and his servant hand out food and alms to the poor and hungry. Etching by A. Chataignier and C. Niquet after V.M. Langlois after D. Teniers the younger.

Antioch, Turkey: the Medina gate. Engraving by Le Pagelet and C. Niquet after L.F. Cassas.

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Niquet, Claude, the elder, 1770-1831.

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Images by Niquet, Claude, the elder, 1770-1831.

Works from the collections

Venus [Aphrodite]. Etching by L.M.Y. Quéverdo and J. Pillement and engraving by C. Niquet the elder after Bourdon.

Apollo. Etching by L.M.Y. Quéverdo and Niquet the younger and engraving by C. Niquet after Bourdon.

As a mouse runs up a young woman's leg, young man lifts her skirt and the cat catches it. Engraving by V. Pillement and C. Niquet after E. Le Bel.

Antioch, Turkey: the Medina gate. Engraving by Le Pagelet and C. Niquet after L.F. Cassas.

Itinerant actors performing on stage in Rome an attempt to sell medicines to local people. Etching by A. Chataignier and engraving by C. Niquet, the elder, 1818, after J. Swebach-Desfontaines after K. Dujardin, 1687.