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Louis de Boullogne, the elder

Sketches of Half-Length Female Nude, Male Heads, Arms

n.d.
Black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on blue laid paper, laid down on ivory wove card
22.4 × 27.9 cm (8.8 × 11 in)

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