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Merry Joseph Blondel

The Assumption of the Virgin

1822
Black chalk, heightened with white, on light brown paper
44.7 × 31.9 cm (17.6 × 12.6 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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