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Jean Antoine Watteau

A Bewigged Painter (Possibly Claude Audran), Seated at his Easel, Seen in Profile

c. 1709
Red chalk on buff laid paper, laid down on cream laid card
20.1 × 13.4 cm (7.9 × 5.3 in)

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