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Jean-Étienne Liotard, Portrait of Maria Frederike van Lede-Atloner, Age Seven, 1755–1756, pastel on vellum, 54.9 × 44.8 cm, Los Angeles, in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum. Painter ...

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