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Jean-Baptiste Oudry

Acheloüs Transformed into a Bull

1732
Black and white chalk on blue paper
27.3 × 29.1 cm (10.7 × 11.5 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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