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Hubert Robert

Plate 7: The Well: a young woman in center, seen from behind, drawing water from a well that is decorated with reliefs from an ancient sarcophagus, from "Les soirées de Rome"

ca. 1763–64
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13.7 × 9.2 cm (5.4 × 3.6 in)

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