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Madame la Marquise de Pompadour|François Boucher

Un enfant assis sur une motte de terre (An enfant seated on a clod of earth), after Le Petit Savoyard by François Boucher, from Suite d'estampes gravées par madame la marquise de Pompadour d'après les pierres gravées de Guay, graveur du Roi

1751
Etching and engraving
18.1 × 14.8 cm (7.1 × 5.8 in)

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