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"That’s what I love about works on paper: the only restriction is your own genius."
Femke Speelberg
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Femke Speelberg
Curator of Historic Ornament, Design, and Architecture Department of Drawings and Prints
Curator of Historic Ornament, Design, and Architecture Department of Drawings and Prints
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Ennemond Alexandre Petitot
Etched and published by Benigno Bossi
Dedicatee Dedicated to Marquis de Felino
1771, 1764