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Jean François Chalgrin

Design for the Collège de France, Paris: Elevation of the Wings of the Court with a Transverse Section through Main Front

ca. 1772
Pen and black ink, brush and gray, blue, pink and brown wash over graphite underdrawing
31.2 × 50 cm (12.3 × 19.7 in)

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