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Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint Quentin|Claude Nicolas Malapeau

A young boy holds a torch under trees in a garden, at center a man raises both arms, surrounded by male and female figures, from a series of five illustrations after Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint-Quentin for 'The mad day, or the marriage of Figaro' (La Folle journée, ou le mariage de Figaro) by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

ca. 1784
Etching with engraving
16.1 × 10 cm (6.3 × 3.9 in)

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