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The Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 42 (2007)

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART JOURNAL | VOLUME 42

"A New Preparatory Sketch by Maurice Quentin de La Tour"

Salmon, Xavier

2007

8 pages

This title is out of print.

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Xavier Salmon

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Préparation for a Portrait of Louis XV (1710-1774), Maurice Quentin de La Tour French, Pastel on blue paper, arched top — Préparation for a Portrait of Louis XV (1710-1774)
Maurice Quentin de La Tour
ca.1745

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