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Gustave Moreau

Hercules and the Hydra of Lerna

c. 1876
Pen and brown and black ink and graphite, with touches of brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white, discolored, on cream laid paper prepared with a pale brown wash, tipped on blue laid paper, laid down on cream board
18.3 × 15.8 cm (7.2 × 6.2 in)

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