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The Expulsion of the Jesuits (preparatory drawing for the etching)

(French, 1724–1780)
mid-18th century
Medium/TechniqueBrush and gray wash, pencil, pen
DimensionsSheet: 12.2 x 17.5 cm (4 13/16 x 6 7/8 in. )
Credit LineEdwin E. Jack Fund
Accession number61.614
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
ProvenanceSold London, Sotheby's, 17 February 1960, lot 37; Heinrich Eisemann (1890-1972, Frankfurt and London); from whom purchased by MFA, 7 June 1961.
Expulsion of the Jesuits
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