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John Flaxman

Design for a Frieze, after a Roman Sarcophagus: The First Visit of Bacchus to Ariadne

late 18th–early 19th century
Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, on gray paper
24.9 × 64.4 cm (9.8 × 25.4 in)

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