Illustration for a Book: Soldiers Surrendering to an Emperor, with a City in the Background
1696–1770
Black chalk. Horizontal and vertical centering lines ruled in faint black chalk
7.6 × 15.4 cm (3 × 6.1 in)
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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026
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