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    "localId": "74622",
    "label": "A Party Picnicking Near a Village",
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    "title": "A Party Picnicking Near a Village",
    "description": "Louis Nicolas van Blarenberghe was known for drawings such as this one, which were executed on a small scale with exacting detail. His designs attracted the attention of the French monarchy, and he received numerous royal commissions. This work shows well-dressed figures enjoying outdoor leisure in a rural village. Its panoramic landscape and dense crowd were both characteristic of Van Blarenberghe’s miniaturist style.",
    "date": "c. 1760–70",
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Sheet: 12.2 x 16.8 cm (4 13/16 x 6 5/8 in.)",
    "cul": [
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    "tec": "gouache on antique laid paper",
    "tombstone": "A Party Picnicking Near a Village, c. 1760–70. Louis Nicolas van Blarenberghe (French, 1716–1794). Gouache on antique laid paper; sheet: 12.2 x 16.8 cm (4 13/16 x 6 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2019.63",
    "collection": "DR - French",
    "inscriptions": [
        {
            "inscription": "Watermark: partial letters, illegible"
        },
        {
            "inscription": "signed, lower right, black ink, “V Blarenberg”"
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    "didYouKnow": "Louis Nicolas van Blarenberghe was from a family of painters; among them he was known as “the great Blarenberghe.”",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Christie, Manson & Woods. Fine Old Master Drawings. 1975.",
            "page_number": "ill. Lot 39"
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    "creditline": "Bequest of Muriel Butkin",
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