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Origin, Author

This printed engraving is a copy (with differences) from the original illustration.

The complete book title is : Histoire critique des pratiques superstitieuses, qui ont séduit les peuples, & embarrassé les sçavans. Tome 2, from R. P. Pierre Le Brun.

There is an example coming from the second edition of the book here: http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9641309f/f336.double

The differences can be seen in the face of the man, and the number of buttons and buttonholes (8 of each in the original picture, 9 & 7 in the engraving)

But the author for both is still "unkown".

--Zeugma fr (talk) 00:47, 23 November 2017 (UTC)