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The Letter by Pietro Longhi — VisualArtsDB

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The Letter

The Letter

The Letter

1746

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 24 x 19 1/2 in. (61 x 49.5 cm)
Genre: Paintings
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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