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Antoine Coypel

The Shade of the Prophet Samuel Invoked by King Saul and Conjured by the Witch of Endor

ca. 1695
Black and red chalk
42.5 × 55.5 cm (16.7 × 21.9 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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