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Eduard Jakob von Steinle

Archangel Drawing a Sword

1825–86

Watercolor over black chalk, gold paint; framing line in black chalk with reddish-orange watercolor along the top and right edges; two arched lines impressed in paper, lower left

45.5 × 37.2 cm (17.9 × 14.6 in)

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