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François Boucher

The Presentation in the Temple

c. 1770
pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, and black chalk, heightened with white paint; framing lines in pen and brown ink
66 × 50.9 cm (26 × 20 in)

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This drawing was probably a sketch for an oil painting that Boucher was unable to complete before his death.

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