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Charles Meynier

The Muse Erato Writing Verses Inspired by Love

ca. 1797
Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, heightened with white gouache, over black chalk on brown paper; squared in black chalk
46 × 33.2 cm (18.1 × 13.1 in)

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