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Joseph Marie Vien

Chef des Eunuques (head of the Eunuchs), from the series "Caravane du Sultan à la Mecque..." (Caravan of a Sultan Going to Mecca)

1748
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20 × 13.3 cm (7.9 × 5.2 in)

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