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François Boucher

Shepherdesses and Young Man Playing Bagpipe

n.d.
Charcoal with brush and gray wash, touches of yellow and blue and pink wash, and traces of pen and black ink, over graphite, on cream laid paper hinged on gray wove paper
22.9 × 30.8 cm (9 × 12.1 in)

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