Allegorical Figure of a Woman
ca. 1745–55
Pen and light brown wash, heightened with white, on paper covered with light brown wash
33 × 18 cm (13 × 7.1 in)
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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026
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