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Simon Vouet

Two Crouching Nude Male Figures

ca. 1640
Black chalk heightened with white on beige paper; two vertical ruled lines in red chalk, center
17.1 × 28.2 cm (6.7 × 11.1 in)

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

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