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Hubert François Gravelot

Study for Vignette in Jean François Marmontel's "Contes Moraux"

c. 1765
Pen and black ink with brush and gray wash, over black chalk, on gray laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
13.1 × 8.2 cm (5.2 × 3.2 in)

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