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Fable and Truth by Jean Michel Moreau le Jeune — VisualArtsDB

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Fable and Truth

Fable and Truth

Jean Michel Moreau le Jeune

Medium: Black and brown ink with brown wash, on cream wove paper, framing lines in black and red ink
Dimensions: 6.4 x 8.3 cm (2 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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