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Eugène Delacroix

The Giaour on Horseback (recto); Study of a Woman with Head and Arms Thrown Back, and Study of the Head of an Old Man (verso).

1824–26
Pen and iron gall ink with wash over graphite
20.1 × 30.5 cm (7.9 × 12 in)

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