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Jean Jacques Lagrenée

La Peste chez les Philistins (Plague Among the Philistines), in an album containing Recueil de Compositions par Lagrenée Le Jeune (Collection of Compositions by Lagrenée the Younger)

1782–1821
Etching and aquatint
40.2 × 54.8 cm (15.8 × 21.6 in)

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