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baron Dominique Vivant Denon

Caricature of Georges-Auguste Couthon (called Aristide, 1756-1794), President of the Convention in 1793, on the way to the guillotine on July 28, 1794 (10 Thermidor, An II)

ca. 1794
Pen, black ink over black chalk
13.1 × 10.3 cm (5.2 × 4.1 in)

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