C’est dans un de ces transports d’attendrissement que je dis à M. de Luxembourg en l’embrassant (I said this to M. de Luxembourg as I embraced him during a moment of tenderness), from J. J. Rousseau's "Confessions"
late 18th–early 19th century
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13.7 × 10.3 cm (5.4 × 4.1 in)
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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026
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