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Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard

Two Studies of a Male Nude (Althaemenes) Hiding in a Bush

mid-18th–early 19th century
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over graphite
7.6 × 18.1 cm (3 × 7.1 in)

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