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Gabriel de Saint-Aubin

Design for a Monument

18th century
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white over black chalk
23.8 × 16.5 cm (9.4 × 6.5 in)

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

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