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An Embarrassment of Choices, or A Difficult Choice (Un Embarras du Choix)

Artist: Jehan-Georges Vibert, French, 1840-1902
Medium: Oil on panel
Place Made: France
Dates: before 1873
Dimensions: 18 1/8 x 14 1/8 in. (46 x 35.9 cm) Frame: 29 1/2 x 26 x 4 3/4 in. (74.9 x 66 x 12.1 cm)
Signature: Signed lower right: "J. G. Vibert."
Collections: European Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 13.39
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Carll H. de Silver in memory of her husband
Image: Overall, 13.39.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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