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Anonymous, French, 17th century

Portrait of a Man

17th century

Red chalk, pen and black ink, touches of brush and gray ink, silhouetted and pasted onto a rectangular sheet of paper tinted buff at back of head and gray at shoulders.

20.3 × 14.4 cm (8 × 5.7 in)

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