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Luc-Olivier Merson

Rest on the Flight to Egypt

c. 1879
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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

Despite the detail of his depictions on the subject, Luc-Olivier Merson never traveled to North Africa.

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