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Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Peña

Figure composition

1820–76
Black chalk on wove paper (probably torn from letterhead printed: Maison/ en chine &/ au japon./ M)
13.7 × 7.2 cm (5.4 × 2.8 in)

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