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Hubert Robert

Plate 2: The Bust: a bust of a female wearing a diadem at top left, two amphoras at bottom left, surrounded by trees and greenery, from "Les soirées de Rome"

1764
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13.2 × 9.5 cm (5.2 × 3.7 in)

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