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Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault

Study of Napoleon on Horseback with Sketches of Nudes Among Rocks

1813/14
Pen and iron gall ink with brush and brown wash, over graphite, on cream wove paper, perimeter mounted on ivory laid paper
17.4 × 22.5 cm (6.9 × 8.9 in)

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