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Gilles Demarteau|François Boucher

The Soap Bubble

1756–76
Crayon manner engraving printed in brown ink
36 × 25.7 cm (14.2 × 10.1 in)

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

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