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Jan de Bray

A Group of Men and Women Playing Chamber Music Within a Portico, Surmounted by Statues of Apollo and Female Figures, and Surrounded by Putti

1652
Pen and brown ink, gray wash, over black chalk; framing line in pen and brown ink, by the artist
28.4 × 19.5 cm (11.2 × 7.7 in)

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