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Johann Eleazar Zeissig, called Schenau

Two Women and Three Men Playing Cards

18th–early 19th century
Pen and black ink, gray wash, watercolor, over a sketch in black chalk or graphite
38.3 × 29.9 cm (15.1 × 11.8 in)

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