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Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson

The Meeting of Orestes and Hermione

c. 1800
pen and brown and black ink, point of brush and brown and gray wash, with black chalk and graphite, heightened with white gouache, on cream wove paper

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The leg of the table behind Hermione has the form of a siren, a dangerous mythological creature that destroys anyone who hears its song.

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