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It would be so sweet to love (Il serait si doux d'aimer)
It would be so sweet to love (Il serait si doux d'aimer)
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It would be so sweet to love (Il serait si doux d'aimer)

Artist (French, 1871–1958)
Date1922, published 1948
MediumAquatint, open bite, roulette and drypoint on cream laid Arches paper
Dimensionsplate: 57.3 x 41 cm; sheet: 65.1 x 50.8 cm
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1958.64
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Georges Rouault
1922–1927, published 1948
My sweet homeland, what has become of you
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1922–1927, published 1948
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Georges Rouault
1922, published 1948
Image Not Available for «Celui qui croit en moi, fût-il mort, vivra.û» ("He that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.")
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Georges Rouault
1923, published 1948
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Georges Rouault
1923, published 1948
Image Not Available for «Nous...c'est en sa mort que nous avons été baptistsés.» ("Know ye not that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death.")
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Georges Rouault
1922-1927, published 1948
«Aimez-vous les uns les autres.» ("That ye love one another.")
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Georges Rouault
1923, published 1948
Image Not Available for Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Thy loving kindness (Miserere mei, Deus, secundum magnam misericordiam tuam)
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Thy loving kindness (Miserere mei, Deus, secundum magnam misericordiam tuam)
Georges Rouault
1923, published 1948
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Jesus reviled...(Jésus honni...)
Georges Rouault
1922, published 1948
Image Not Available for Le condamné s'en est allé...(The condemned is led away...)
Le condamné s'en est allé...(The condemned is led away...)
Georges Rouault
1922, published 1948
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Georges Rouault
1922, published 1948
Image Not Available for Jean-Francois jamais ne chante alleluia...(Jean-François never sings allelulia...)
Jean-Francois jamais ne chante alleluia...(Jean-François never sings allelulia...)
Georges Rouault
1923, published 1948