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Jean-Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine

Study for The Oath of the Tennis Court: Bailly Standing on the Desk, Asking for a Vote

c. 1804-05
Pen and brown ink, black chalk, and brush and gray wash, on gray laid paper
39.3 × 25.7 cm (15.5 × 10.1 in)

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