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Mme. Maintenon

Mme. Maintenon

1700–1750

Medium: Wax on slate
Dimensions: 18.1 x 15.9 cm (k7 1/8 x 6 1/4 in.)
Genre: wax portrait
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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stonestoneworkwomangreen (color)modeling (forming)wax portraitjewelryportraits: female subjectfrenchportraitpearlsrocksculptureprofilemineralslateletters (correspondence)formingRelieforganic materialsculptingportraitsdressessculpture techniquespink (color)18th Centurywax

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