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Johann Friedrich Overbeck

Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane

1848
Black fabricated crayon (possibly early conté crayon) with touches of brown fabricated crayon and thin brown watercolor wash; framing line in black fabricated crayon
45.9 × 57.8 cm (18.1 × 22.8 in)

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