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Joseph van Aken

Three-Quarters-Length Portrait Study of a Man Seated at a Desk with a Dog

ca. 1740–60
Black and white chalk, stumping, brown ink and graphite on blue laid paper, squared in graphite
31.2 × 25.6 cm (12.3 × 10.1 in)

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