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Jean Jacques Lagrenée

Frontispiece, from "Recueil de Compositions par Lagrenée Le Jeune" (Collection of Compositions by Lagrenée the Younger)

1782
Etching and aquatint
39.2 × 54.8 cm (15.4 × 21.6 in)

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