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Man Mounting Lion by Salvator Rosa — VisualArtsDB

Man Mounting Lion

Man Mounting Lion

1635–1673

Medium: Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over red chalk, on cream laid paper
Dimensions: 9.5 × 5.4 cm (3 3/4 × 2 3/16 in.)
Genre: pen and ink drawings
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)chalkchalk sticksinkpen and ink drawingswashprints and drawingcoating (material)paper (fiber product)red chalk

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