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Charles Nicolas Cochin I|Charles Nicolas Cochin II

Decoration for a Masked Ball at Versailles, on the Occasion of the Marriage of Louis, Dauphin of France, and Maria Theresa, Infanta of Spain (Bal masqué donné par le roi, dans la grande galerie de Versailles, pour le mariage de Dauphin, 1745)

1764, reprinted ca. 1860
Etching with engraving
47.6 × 76.8 cm (18.7 × 30.2 in)

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