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Plate 34: head of a young man in a cap adorned with a few feathers, turned three-quarters to the left, from 'Second collection of various doodles and etching proofs' (Second recueil de divers griffonnements et preuves d'eauforte)

ca. 1646
Etching
4.7 × 6.7 cm (1.9 × 2.6 in)

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