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Jean Toutin

Pendant Shaped like a Beetle with a Couple and a Young Man Playing an Instrument

1619
Blackwork and engraving
10.7 × 7.8 cm (4.2 × 3.1 in)

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

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