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"citation": "Galeries nationales du Grand Palais (France), and Council of Europe. La Re\u0301volution franc\u0327aise et l'Europe 1789-1799: XXe exposition du conseil de l'Europe : Galeries nationales du grand Palais, Paris, 16 mars-26 juin 1989. Paris: Ministe\u0300re de la Culture de la Communication des Grands Travaux et du Bicentenaire, Editions de la Re\u0301union des muse\u0301es nationaux, 1989.",
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"citation": "Tajan (Firm). Fe\u0301lix Tournachon dit Nadar (1820-1910) et son panthe\u0301on, importante collection de 273 dessins: portraits et portraits-charge. Paris: Tajan, 2004.",
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"citation": "Join-Lambert, Sophie, Anne Leclair, Denis Coekelberghs, Dominique Marechal, and Joseph Benoi\u0302t Suve\u0301e. Joseph-Benoi\u0302t Suve\u0301e, 1743-1807: un artiste entre Bruges, Rome et Paris. 2017.",
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