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Franz Ludwig Catel

First Steps

ca. 1820–25
Oil on canvas
47.6 × 37.4 cm (18.7 × 14.7 in)

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● On view now — Gallery 806

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · verified July 2026

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