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Alexandre Calame

Two Men Resting by a Lake (recto); Studies for Soldiers Mounted on Horseback (verso)

early to mid-19th century
Graphite heightened with white bodycolor, on brown paper.
29.7 × 38.6 cm (11.7 × 15.2 in)

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

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