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Louis Léopold Boilly

Conversation Piece

1789–93
Pen and gray ink, brush and gray wash
18.7 × 14.9 cm (7.4 × 5.9 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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