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Guido Reni|John Boydell|Simon Francis Ravenet, the elder

The Virgin in prayer, looking at the sleeping infant Christ, in an oval frame, after Reni

1765
Engraving and etching
43 × 51.6 cm (16.9 × 20.3 in)

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