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Pierre Lélu

Corner of the Ambassador's Staircase at Versailles (recto); Sketches of Figures and Dolphins (verso)

n.d.
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash with touches of gray wash over traces of black chalk (recto); black chalk (verso); framing lines in pen and brown ink
39.9 × 17 cm (15.7 × 6.7 in)

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