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Antoine Dieu

The Nine Pierides Transformed into Magpies after Their Unsuccessful Competition with the Muses (Ovid, Metamorphoses, V, 294 ff.)

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Red chalk, red and gray wash, framing lines in pen and brown ink.
27.1 × 22.2 cm (10.7 × 8.7 in)

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