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Adam Frans van der Meulen

Louis XIV at the Siege of Cambrai, Seen from the South-West (March 20–April 19, 1677)

probably 1680s
Red chalk, over black chalk; squared in black chalk; framing lines in pen and black ink
47 × 95.4 cm (18.5 × 37.6 in)

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