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Jonas Akerström

A Frieze of Dancing Antique Figures in a Bacchanal

1788–95
Pen and brown ink, brown wash
23.5 × 34.1 cm (9.3 × 13.4 in)

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

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