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John Gibson|Pietro Tenerani|Bertel Thorvaldsen

Sketches of Five Statues: Love, Aristides, Putto with a Cat, Psyche, and Putto with a Dog

ca. 1850
Graphite, with inscriptions in pen and brown ink
23.2 × 19.2 cm (9.1 × 7.6 in)

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

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