Study for an Engraving of "Songs in the Opera of Flora"
ca. 1737
Pen and blue ink, with black chalk and graphite underdrawing
7.1 × 10 cm (2.8 × 3.9 in)
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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026
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