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Renaissance Woman Reading a Letter

Artist: Louis-Robert de Cuvillon, French, 1848-1931
Medium: Watercolor on illustration board
Place Made: France
Dates: 1886
Dimensions: Image: 10 1/16 x 7 11/16 in. (25.6 x 19.5 cm) Sheet: 12 5/8 x 10 in. (32.1 x 25.4 cm)
Signature: Signed and dated lower right: "R. de Cuvillon/1886"
Collections: European Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 06.325
Credit Line: Bequest of Caroline H. Polhemus
Image: Overall, 06.325.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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