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Joseph van Aken

Half-Length Portrait Study of a Woman Wearing a Cap and Pearl Earrings

ca. 1740–60
Black and white chalk, brown ink and graphite on blue laid paper, squared in graphite
32.4 × 26.1 cm (12.8 × 10.3 in)

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