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Hubert Robert

Plate 6: The Sarcophagus: two men conversing to left, another man seated and sleeping to right, an ancient sarcophagus to left decorated with reliefs, a pyramid to right in the background half-hidden by cyprus trees, from "Les soirées de Rome"

ca. 1763–64
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18.5 × 14 cm (7.3 × 5.5 in)

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