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Jacques François Blondel

Preparatory Studies for Plates 90 and 91 of "Maisons de plaisance," Volume II

18th century
Red chalk over traces of black chalk. Horizontal black-chalk line at center, and round compass marks in black chalk on lower drawing
22.7 × 25.5 cm (8.9 × 10 in)

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