Jean-Baptiste LE PRINCE (Metz, 1734 – Saint-Denis-du-Port, 1781)
1776
Oil on canvas
128 x178 cm
Purchase of the City of Metz with the support of the Regional Fund for the Acquisition of the Museums of Lorraine, 1988
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