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Louis Chéron

Venus and Adonis

n.d.
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash and black chalk, heightened with touches of white chalk, on grayish-tan laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper
29.9 × 25.7 cm (11.8 × 10.1 in)

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