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A young man, an itinerant musician, standing, three quarters, turned to right, dressed in a wide-brimnmed hat and tattered cloak and shirt, a wide strap or sash with a stud (?) across his chest, looks to right as he holds a violin in his left hand, resting it on his arm, the bow in his right hand; through an window to left, sun streaming through, a plant growing in from outside, on the ledge an ink pot with quill, papers and inscribed on the inner frame, within the image: "MARIA"; after Gallait
Lithograph on chine collé
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