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Hubert Robert

Visitors leaving a prison

1794–95
Pen and dark gray ink, brush and gray wash with watercolor over black chalk underdrawing; framing lines in pen and brown ink
38.4 × 26.9 cm (15.1 × 10.6 in)

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

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