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Gerard de Lairesse

Design for Title page: Clio Taking Dictation from Minerva

n.d.
Pen and brown ink, and brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper, tipped onto ivory wove card
24.6 × 17.6 cm (9.7 × 6.9 in)

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