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Study of a Palm Tree (recto), ca. 1635–40 Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594–1665) Pen and brown ink, over traces of black chalk; on light tan antique laid paper; 8 1/8 x 10 1/8 in. (20.5 x 25.8 cm) Inscribed in pen and brown ink: (lower left of recto) N. Poussin; (lower right) with an interlaced D and C, the mark of Paul Fréart de Chantelou Purchase, Guy Wildenstein Gift, and Van Day Truex and Harry G. Sperling Funds, 2002 (2002.39a, b)

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