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Jean Jacques de Boissieu

The Public Scrivener

1790
Etching with drypoint and roulette; fourth state of four
31.9 × 43.5 cm (12.6 × 17.1 in)

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

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