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Jean-Baptiste Oudry

A Wild Swan Attacked by a Dog

c. 1740
Brush and gray wash and black gouache, heightened with lead white (discolored), on blue laid paper (faded), laid down on cream board
31.9 × 41.4 cm (12.6 × 16.3 in)

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