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Pierre Henri de Valenciennes

Classical Landscape

1779
black gouache and brush and gray wash, over black chalk and graphite, heightened with white gouache

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

The ritual seen here, in which women cut their hair and offer it to a god, is rarely depicted in the visual arts.

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