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Valentin Lefebvre

Birth of St. John the Baptist

17th century
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk
37.2 × 18.3 cm (14.6 × 7.2 in)

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

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