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Jean Baptiste Greuze

The Notary: A Study for "The Marriage Contract"

1761
Black chalk with stumping, with red chalk, heightened with white chalk, on tan laid paper, laid down on card
52.6 × 43.5 cm (20.7 × 17.1 in)

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