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Young mother contemplating her sleeping child in candlelight by Albrecht Anker — VisualArtsDB

Young mother contemplating her sleeping child in candlelight

Young mother contemplating her sleeping child in candlelight

1875

Genre: genre painting

Styles

Realism, Biedermeier

Tags

Human

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