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Gabriel Huquier

Also known as: Gabriel Huquier; primary name: Huquier, Gabriel; other name: Hucquier, Gabriel
Details: individual; printmaker; publisher/printer; French; Male
Life dates: 1695-1772
Address: 'Aux Armes d'Angleterre', vis à vis du Grand Châtelet, Paris (c.1729-1737) rue St Jacques près (OR au coin de) celle des Mathurins (1738-49) rue des Mathurins au coin de la rue de Sorbonne (1749-61)
Biography: Collector, etcher and publisher, specialising in rococo ornament; father of painter, engraver and printseller Jacques Gabriel Huquier; ceased publishing activities in 1761; sale of drawings collection Paris, 9.ix.1772. Collector's mark, h in a circle, Lugt 1285 formerly described as his but Marie-Anne Dupuy-Vachey, 'Lugt 1285: From Gabriel Huquier to Peter Adolf Hall', "Master Drawings", 55, 4, Winter 2017, pp. 485-538, has disproved this. A pastel portrait of him by Perronneau, dated 1747, is in the Louvre (RF35521).
Bibliography: Y.Bruand in GBA (37) 1950, pp.99-114 Préaud Fuhring, 'Meissonnier' 1999, p.466 'Catalogue des estampes' for sale dated 1757 in Berlin (photocopy in P&D) 'Catalogue du fond de planches gravées et épreuves' drawn up by F.C.Joullain, Paris 1772 (posthumous sale; copy in BN Yd 78 in-8)

322 related objects

album; print

Museum number: 1848,0205.130-270 |
Producer name: After:Charles ParrocelPublished by:Gabriel Huquier |
Production date: 1737 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

drawing

Museum number: 1932,0613.2 |
Producer name: BIOG32423 Drawn by:Gabriel Huquier |
Production date: 1710-1772

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1994,0514.55 |
Producer name: BIOG18497 Drawn by:Federico Barocci |
Production date: 1535-1612

drawing

Museum number: 1932,0613.3 |
Producer name: BIOG32423 Drawn by:Gabriel Huquier |
Production date: 1710-1772

drawing

Museum number: 1932,0613.4 |
Producer name: BIOG39919 Drawn by:Charles Joseph Natoire |
Production date: 1735

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.1033 |
Producer name: BIOG49521 Drawn by:Adriaen van de Velde |
Production date: 1650-1672

print

Title: Figures de différents caractères, de Paysages, et d'Etudes dessinées d'après nature par Antoine Watt |
Museum number: 1870,0514.2506 |
Producer name: After:Antoine WatteauAttributed to:Jean Audran |
Production date: 1717-1728 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Quatrième livre de groupes d'enfants Premier livre de groupes d'enfants |
Museum number: 1866,1114.740 |
Producer name: After:François BoucherPrint made by:Pierre Aveline |
Production date: 1727-1760 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Clio Apollon et les Muses |
Museum number: 1924,0112.348 |
Producer name: After:Edme BouchardonPrint made by:Gabriel Huquier |
Production date: 1739 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Justus Aurelius Meissonier architecturam universam libris IV tractavit |
Museum number: 1894,0122.121 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolas BeauvaisAfter:Juste Aurèle Meissonnier |
Production date: 1725-1763 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Museum number: 1949,1008.183 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gabriel HuquierAfter:Giovanni Paolo Pannini |
Production date: 1749-1761 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; album

Title: Livre de diverses figures d'académies |
Museum number: 1938,0502.22.42 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre AvelineAfter:Edme Bouchardon |
Production date: 1738 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Livre de diverses figures d'académies |
Museum number: 1894,0516.35 |
Producer name: After:Edme BouchardonPrint made by:Jean Aubert |
Production date: 1738 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: St. Aignan guérissant Agrippin L'Oeuvre de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier |
Museum number: 1949,1008.372 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean Joseph BaléchouAfter:Juste Aurèle Meissonnier |
Production date: 1738-1751 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Calliope Apollon et les Muses |
Museum number: 1924,0112.347 |
Producer name: After:Edme BouchardonPrint made by:Gabriel Huquier |
Production date: 1739 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; album

Title: Livre de diverses figures d'académies |
Museum number: 1938,0502.22.48 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean AubertAfter:Edme Bouchardon |
Production date: 1738 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Second livre de groupes d'enfants |
Museum number: 1865,0610.754 |
Producer name: After:François BoucherPublished by:Gabriel Huquier |
Production date: 1720-1772 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Livre de diverses figures d'académies |
Museum number: 1894,0516.32 |
Producer name: After:Edme BouchardonPrint made by:Jean Aubert |
Production date: 1738 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Apollon et les Muses |
Museum number: 1924,0112.345 |
Producer name: After:Edme BouchardonPrint made by:Gabriel Huquier |
Production date: 1739 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Second livre de diverses figures d'académies |
Museum number: 1894,0516.42 |
Producer name: After:Edme BouchardonPrint made by:François Antoine Aveline |
Production date: 1738 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; album

Title: Livre de diverses figures d'académies |
Museum number: 1938,0502.22.45 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean AubertAfter:Edme Bouchardon |
Production date: 1738 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; album

Title: Livre de diverses figures d'académies |
Museum number: 1938,0502.22.47 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre AvelineAfter:Edme Bouchardon |
Production date: 1738 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; album

Title: Livre de diverses figures d'académies |
Museum number: 1938,0502.22.46 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre AvelineAfter:Edme Bouchardon |
Production date: 1738 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; album

Title: Livre de diverses figures d'académies |
Museum number: 1938,0502.22.38 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean Baptiste PerronneauAfter:Edme Bouchardon |
Production date: 1738 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; album

Title: Livre de diverses figures d'académies |
Museum number: 1938,0502.22.43 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean AubertAfter:Edme Bouchardon |
Production date: 1738 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Livre de diverses figures d'académies |
Museum number: 1894,0516.38 |
Producer name: After:Edme BouchardonPrint made by:Pierre Aveline |
Production date: 1738 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Pont de bois |
Museum number: 1862,0712.8 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gabriel HuquierAfter:Nicolaes Berchem |
Production date: 1772 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Livre de diverses figures d'académies |
Museum number: 1894,0516.39 |
Producer name: After:Edme BouchardonPrint made by:Pierre Aveline |
Production date: 1738 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Uranie Apollon et les Muses |
Museum number: 1924,0112.355 |
Producer name: After:Edme BouchardonPrint made by:Gabriel Huquier |
Production date: 1739 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Thalie Apollon et les Muses |
Museum number: 1924,0112.350 |
Producer name: After:Edme BouchardonPrint made by:Gabriel Huquier |
Production date: 1739 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Figures de différents caractères, de Paysages, et d'Etudes dessinées d'après nature par Antoine Watt |
Museum number: 1870,0514.2486 |
Producer name: After:Antoine WatteauPrint made by:Jean Audran |
Production date: 1717-1728 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; album

Title: Livre de diverses figures d'académies |
Museum number: 1938,0502.22.41 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gabriel HuquierAfter:Edme Bouchardon |
Production date: 1738 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Livre de cartouches |
Museum number: 1872,0608.457 |
Producer name: After:François BoucherPrint made by:Gabriel Huquier |
Production date: 1741-1772 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; album

Title: Livre de diverses figures d'académies |
Museum number: 1938,0502.22.44 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean Baptiste PerronneauAfter:Edme Bouchardon |
Production date: 1738 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Recueil de Petites Figures (...) |
Museum number: 1881,0108.87 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sigmund FreudenbergerPublished by:Gabriel Huquier |
Production date: 1749-1761 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; drawing book

Title: Nouveau livre des principes du dessin... 2e partie |
Museum number: 1873,0510.3548 |
Producer name: After:Edme BouchardonPrint made by:Jacques Jean Pasquier |
Production date: 1733-1772 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Recueil de Petites Figures (...) |
Museum number: 1881,0108.86 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sigmund FreudenbergerPublished by:Gabriel Huquier |
Production date: 1749-1761 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Second livre de groupes d'enfants |
Museum number: 1865,0610.749 |
Producer name: After:François BoucherPublished by:Gabriel Huquier |
Production date: 1720-1772 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; album

Title: Livre de diverses figures d'académies |
Museum number: 1938,0502.22.40 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean AubertAfter:Edme Bouchardon |
Production date: 1738 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; title-page

Title: Nouveau livre d'enfants |
Museum number: 1866,1114.737 |
Producer name: After:Edme BouchardonPrint made by:Pierre Aveline |
Production date: 1720-1760

print; title-page

Title: Recueil de Petites Figures (...) |
Museum number: 1917,1208.1629 |
Producer name: Print made by:Balthasar Anton DunkerPublished by:Gabriel Huquier |
Production date: 1749-1761 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Recueil de Petites Figures (...) |
Museum number: 1917,1208.1640 |
Producer name: Print made by:Balthasar Anton DunkerPublished by:Gabriel Huquier |
Production date: 1749-1761 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Recueil de Petites Figures (...) |
Museum number: 1917,1208.1635 |
Producer name: Print made by:Balthasar Anton DunkerPublished by:Gabriel Huquier |
Production date: 1749-1761 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Livre de différents sujets de figures et animaux par H Roos |
Museum number: 1866,1208.351 |
Producer name: Print made by:Balthasar Anton DunkerAfter:Johann Heinrich Roos |
Production date: 1760-1772 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Recueil de Petites Figures (...) |
Museum number: 1917,1208.1639 |
Producer name: Print made by:Balthasar Anton DunkerPublished by:Gabriel Huquier |
Production date: 1749-1761 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Recueil de Petites Figures (...) |
Museum number: 1917,1208.1638 |
Producer name: Print made by:Balthasar Anton DunkerPublished by:Gabriel Huquier |
Production date: 1749-1761 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Recueil de Petites Figures (...) |
Museum number: 1881,0108.89 |
Producer name: Print made by:Balthasar Anton DunkerPublished by:Gabriel Huquier |
Production date: 1749-1761 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Recueil de Petites Figures (...) |
Museum number: 1917,1208.1633 |
Producer name: Print made by:Balthasar Anton DunkerPublished by:Gabriel Huquier |
Production date: 1749-1761 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Recueil de Petites Figures (...) |
Museum number: 1881,0108.90 |
Producer name: Print made by:Balthasar Anton DunkerPublished by:Gabriel Huquier |
Production date: 1749-1761 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Recueil de Petites Figures (...) |
Museum number: 1917,1208.1636 |
Producer name: Print made by:Balthasar Anton DunkerPublished by:Gabriel Huquier |
Production date: 1749-1761 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Recueil de Petites Figures (...) |
Museum number: 1917,1208.1634 |
Producer name: Print made by:Balthasar Anton DunkerPublished by:Gabriel Huquier |
Production date: 1749-1761 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Figures de différents caractères, de Paysages, et Recueil Jullienne |
Museum number: 1870,0514.2423 |
Producer name: Print made by:François BoucherPublished by:Gabriel Huquier |
Production date: 1717-1728 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: La Folie |
Museum number: 1871,0812.1552 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre AvelineAfter:Cornelis Visscher |
Production date: 1737 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Livre de cartouches |
Museum number: 1873,0712.290 |
Producer name: After:François BoucherPrint made by:Gabriel Huquier |
Production date: 1725-1747 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Le Feu Four Elements |
Museum number: 2004,1031.10 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre AvelineAfter:François Boucher |
Production date: 1738-1749

print

Title: La Terre Four Elements |
Museum number: 2004,1031.5 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre AvelineAfter:François Boucher |
Production date: 1738-1749

print

Title: L'Air Four Elements |
Museum number: 2004,1031.4 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre AvelineAfter:François Boucher |
Production date: 1738-1749

print; ornament print

Museum number: 1995,0618.17 |
Producer name: BIOG32423 Print made by:Gabriel Huquier |
Production date: 1725-1775

print; trade-card

Museum number: 2004,1031.2 |
Producer name: BIOG32423 Print made by:Gabriel Huquier |
Production date: 1729-1737

print

Title: Figures de différents caractères, de Paysages, et d'Etudes dessinées d'après nature par Antoine Watt |
Museum number: 1870,0514.2434 |
Producer name: After:Antoine WatteauPrint made by:François Boucher |
Production date: 1717-1728

print; trade-card

Museum number: 2004,1031.3 |
Producer name: BIOG32423 Print made by:Gabriel Huquier |
Production date: 1729-1737

print

Title: Figures de différents caractères, de Paysages, et d'Etudes dessinées d'après nature par Antoine Watt |
Museum number: 1870,0514.2471 |
Producer name: After:Antoine WatteauPrint made by:François Boucher |
Production date: 1717-1728

print

Title: Figures de différents caractères, de Paysages, et d'Etudes dessinées d'après nature par Antoine Watt |
Museum number: 1870,0514.2438 |
Producer name: After:Antoine WatteauPrint made by:Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, Comte de Caylus |
Production date: 1717-1726

print; album; ornament print

Title: Premier livre de vases inventés par Edme Bouchardon sculpteur du Roy |
Museum number: 1938,0502.22.62 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gabriel HuquierAfter:Edme Bouchardon |
Production date: 1737

print; album; ornament print

Title: Second livre de vases inventés par Edme Bouchardon sculpteur du Roy |
Museum number: 1938,0502.22.67 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gabriel HuquierAfter:Edme Bouchardon |
Production date: 1737

print; album; ornament print

Title: Second livre de vases inventés par Edme Bouchardon sculpteur du Roy |
Museum number: 1938,0502.22.66 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gabriel HuquierAfter:Edme Bouchardon |
Production date: 1737

print; album; ornament print

Title: Second livre de vases inventés par Edme Bouchardon sculpteur du Roy |
Museum number: 1938,0502.22.65 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gabriel HuquierAfter:Edme Bouchardon |
Production date: 1737 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; album; ornament print

Title: Premier livre de vases inventés par Edme Bouchardon sculpteur du Roy |
Museum number: 1938,0502.22.56 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gabriel HuquierAfter:Edme Bouchardon |
Production date: 1737

print; album; ornament print

Title: Second livre de vases inventés par Edme Bouchardon sculpteur du Roy |
Museum number: 1938,0502.22.72 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gabriel HuquierAfter:Edme Bouchardon |
Production date: 1737

print; album; ornament print

Title: Second livre de vases inventés par Edme Bouchardon sculpteur du Roy |
Museum number: 1938,0502.22.69 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gabriel HuquierAfter:Edme Bouchardon |
Production date: 1737

print; album; ornament print

Title: Premier livre de vases inventés par Edme Bouchardon sculpteur du Roy |
Museum number: 1938,0502.22.53 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gabriel HuquierAfter:Edme Bouchardon |
Production date: 1737 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; album; ornament print

Title: Second livre de vases inventés par Edme Bouchardon sculpteur du Roy |
Museum number: 1938,0502.22.75 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gabriel HuquierAfter:Edme Bouchardon |
Production date: 1737

print; album; ornament print

Title: Premier livre de vases inventés par Edme Bouchardon sculpteur du Roy |
Museum number: 1938,0502.22.55 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gabriel HuquierAfter:Edme Bouchardon |
Production date: 1737

print; album; ornament print

Title: Premier livre de vases inventés par Edme Bouchardon sculpteur du Roy |
Museum number: 1938,0502.22.60 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gabriel HuquierAfter:Edme Bouchardon |
Production date: 1737

print; album; ornament print

Title: Premier livre de vases inventés par Edme Bouchardon sculpteur du Roy |
Museum number: 1938,0502.22.64 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gabriel HuquierAfter:Edme Bouchardon |
Production date: 1737

print; album; ornament print

Title: Second livre de vases inventés par Edme Bouchardon sculpteur du Roy |
Museum number: 1867,1214.950-961 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gabriel HuquierAfter:Edme Bouchardon |
Production date: 1737 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; album; ornament print

Title: Second livre de vases inventés par Edme Bouchardon sculpteur du Roy |
Museum number: 1938,0502.22.74 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gabriel HuquierAfter:Edme Bouchardon |
Production date: 1737

print; album; ornament print

Title: Second livre de vases inventés par Edme Bouchardon sculpteur du Roy |
Museum number: 1938,0502.22.68 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gabriel HuquierAfter:Edme Bouchardon |
Production date: 1737

print

Title: Four hunting subjects |
Museum number: 1869,0410.2366 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean Baptiste OudryPublished by:Gabriel Huquier |
Production date: 1725

print

Title: Figures de différents caractères, de Paysages, et d'Etudes dessinées d'après nature par Antoine Watt |
Museum number: 1870,0514.2478 |
Producer name: After:Antoine WatteauPrint made by:Jean Audran |
Production date: 1717-1726

print

Title: Decembre Les douzes Mois de l'Année |
Museum number: 1924,0712.52 |
Producer name: Print made by:Franz Edmund WeirotterAfter:Pieter de Molijn |
Production date: 1760

print

Title: Janvier Les douzes Mois de l'Année |
Museum number: 1931,1114.459 |
Producer name: Print made by:Franz Edmund WeirotterAfter:Pieter de Molijn |
Production date: 1760

print

Title: Figures de différents caractères, de Paysages, et d'Etudes dessinées d'après nature par Antoine Watt |
Museum number: 1870,0514.2436 |
Producer name: After:Antoine WatteauAttributed to:François Boucher |
Production date: 1717-1726

print

Title: Figures de différents caractères, de Paysages, et d'Etudes dessinées d'après nature par Antoine Watt |
Museum number: 1870,0514.2446 |
Producer name: After:Antoine WatteauPrint made by:Jean Audran |
Production date: 1717-1728

print

Title: Figures de différents caractères, de Paysages, et d'Etudes dessinées d'après nature par Antoine Watt |
Museum number: 1870,0514.2459 |
Producer name: After:Antoine WatteauPrint made by:François Boucher |
Production date: 1717-1726

print

Title: Four hunting subjects |
Museum number: 2003,0731.10 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean Baptiste OudryPublished by:Gabriel Huquier |
Production date: 1725

print

Title: Decembre Les douzes Mois de l'Année |
Museum number: 1931,1114.460 |
Producer name: Print made by:Franz Edmund WeirotterAfter:Pieter de Molijn |
Production date: 1760

print

Title: Figures de différents caractères, de Paysages, et d'Etudes dessinées d'après nature par Antoine Watt |
Museum number: 1870,0514.2453 |
Producer name: After:Antoine WatteauPrint made by:Laurent Cars |
Production date: 1717-1728

print

Title: Figures de différents caractères, de Paysages, et d'Etudes dessinées d'après nature par Antoine Watt |
Museum number: 1870,0514.2437 |
Producer name: After:Antoine WatteauPrint made by:François Boucher |
Production date: 1717-1726

print

Title: Fevrier Les douzes Mois de l'Année |
Museum number: 1924,0712.51 |
Producer name: Print made by:Franz Edmund WeirotterAfter:Pieter de Molijn |
Production date: 1760

print

Title: Descente de croix La vie de Notre Seigneur Jésus Christ |
Museum number: 1860,1013.152 |
Producer name: After:Claude GillotPrint made by:Gabriel Huquier |
Production date: 1720-1732

print

Title: Figures de différents caractères, de Paysages, et d'Etudes dessinées d'après nature par Antoine Watt |
Museum number: 1870,0514.2447 |
Producer name: After:Antoine WatteauPrint made by:Laurent Cars |
Production date: 1717-1726

print

Title: Bartholomeus Breenberg, ruralium picor |
Museum number: Sheepshanks.7398 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gabriel HuquierAfter:Bartholomeus Breenbergh |
Production date: 1695-1772

print

Title: Figures de différents caractères, de Paysages, et d'Etudes dessinées d'après nature par Antoine Watt |
Museum number: 1870,0514.2481 |
Producer name: After:Antoine WatteauPrint made by:Jean Audran |
Production date: 1717-1726

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1982,U.1824 |
Producer name: After:DuflocqPrint made by:Gabriel Huquier |
Production date: 1710-1745

print

Title: Figures de différents caractères, de Paysages, et d'Etudes dessinées d'après nature par Antoine Watt |
Museum number: 1870,0514.2485 |
Producer name: After:Antoine WatteauPrint made by:François Boucher |
Production date: 1717-1728

print

Title: Figures de différents caractères, de Paysages, et d'Etudes dessinées d'après nature par Antoine Watt |
Museum number: 1870,0514.2432 |
Producer name: After:Antoine WatteauPrint made by:Laurent Cars |
Production date: 1717-1728

print

Title: Livre de cartouches |
Museum number: 1872,0608.456 |
Producer name: After:François BoucherPrint made by:Gabriel Huquier |
Production date: 1725-1747 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Erato Apollon et les Muses |
Museum number: 1924,0112.349 |
Producer name: After:Edme BouchardonPrint made by:Gabriel Huquier |
Production date: 1739 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Figures de différents caractères, de Paysages, et d'Etudes dessinées d'après nature par Antoine Watt |
Museum number: 1870,0514.2483 |
Producer name: After:Antoine WatteauPrint made by:Bernard Lépicié |
Production date: 1717-1728 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

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