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Nicolas Poussin

Cinerary Urn, after the Antique

17th–19th century
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk
28.6 × 22.2 cm (11.3 × 8.7 in)

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

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