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Unknown artist French, 18th century

Mars, Venus and Cupid

n.d.
Black chalk, with stumping, heightened with white chalk, on blue laid paper with blue fibers, laid down on ivory laid paper, edge mounted on cream card
25.4 × 19.4 cm (10 × 7.6 in)

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