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Claude Simpol

The Return of the Holy Family from Egypt

c. 1695–1700
pen and black ink, gray opaque watercolor and white heightening on prepared yellow paper

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

To make this drawing, the artist employed an unusual combination of materials, consisting of grey and white opaque watercolors and ink on a yellowish prepared paper, which offsets the figures in the scene with a warm glow.

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