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Gabriel de Saint-Aubin

Allegory on the Marriage of the Dauphin and Marie-Antoinette in 1770

1770
Brush and gray wash, accents in pen and brown ink, over black chalk. Framing lines in pen and brown ink; margins tinted with blue-green wash.
22.1 × 17.1 cm (8.7 × 6.7 in)

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