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Hubert François Gravelot

Study for a second edition, never published, of Colle's "La Partie de Chasse de Henri IV", Act I, Scene 6

before 1766
Pen and black ink, over graphite, on gray laid paper, incised for transfer and perimeter mounted on ivory laid paper
18.3 × 12.8 cm (7.2 × 5 in)

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