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Gabriel de Saint-Aubin

The Upturned Head of a Young Boy in Profile

Black chalk, heightened with white on gray paper
10.2 × 12.7 cm (4 × 5 in)

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

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