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Gabriel de Saint-Aubin

Allegory of Louis XV as Patron of the Arts with Paintings and Sculpture from the Salon of 1769

ca. 1769
Oil paint over black chalk underdrawing, areas of paper reserve, on off-white laid paper, mounted on pasteboard, varnished
21.3 × 14.3 cm (8.4 × 5.6 in)

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