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Richard Parkes Bonington

Portrait of a Young Man (recto); Sketch of a Venus (verso)

1820–23
Black and white chalk on blue-gray paper
43.5 × 33.5 cm (17.1 × 13.2 in)

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

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