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Gustave Moreau

La Peri (Mythological Subject)

1865
Graphite, with brush and black ink, gray wash, and touches of gold metallic paint, heightened with traces of white gouache, on cream wove tracing paper, laid down on ivory wove paper
35.7 × 25.5 cm (14.1 × 10 in)

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