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Hubert François Gravelot

Study for Vignette in Fontanelle's (attr.) "Les Amours de Mirtil", Canto I

c. 1761
Pen and black ink over black chalk, on gray laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
11.4 × 7.2 cm (4.5 × 2.8 in)

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