Acquis par la ville de Saint-Quentin pour le musée Antoine-Lécuyer, avec l'aide de l'État, du Conseil régional de Picardie et du Conseil général de l'Aisne
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A preparatory study for the portrait of Voltaire executed in 1736, now lost
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Maurice Quentin Dr la Tour, portrait of Voltaire, pastel on paper