Ajax in the Grave — Jacob Wilhelm Mechau | DiscoverArt

Jacob Wilhelm Mechau

Ajax in the Grave

ca. 1790–99

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown ink, over graphite sketch

56.5 × 80 cm (22.2 × 31.5 in)

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