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Anton Raphael Mengs
1728-1779
The Adoration of the Shepherds
ca. 1770-1772
Brush and brown ink, white opaque watercolor, over black chalk, paper prepared with a gray-ochre ground; squared in black chalk.
9 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches (240 x 185 mm)
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1990.31
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Watermark: Strasbourg bend below a fleur-de-lis. xWatermark, beta radiograph, shield, fleur-de-lis, Strasbourg bend. y
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Signed on the verso, "Ant. Raphaël Mengs".
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