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A preparatory drawing for an engraving after the portrait of Alexandre de Beauharnais, painted by Georges Rouget for the 'Salle de 1792' at Versailles (inv. MV 2350). King Louis Philippe commissioned Charles Gavard to publish a record of the 'Galeries historiques de Versailles' in which this portrait was to be illustrated. The engraving is known only from a unique proof

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