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Hubert François Gravelot

Study for Vignette in Jean François Marmontel's "Contes Moraux"

c. 1763
Pen and black ink over black chalk, on gray laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
12.9 × 7.4 cm (5.1 × 2.9 in)

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