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Charles Melchior Descourtis|Nicolas Antoine Taunay

Le Tambourin

1788–94
Color aquatint, etching, and engraving
30.7 × 23.4 cm (12.1 × 9.2 in)

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

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