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The Precious Book

The Precious Book

The Precious Book

1920

Dimensions: 21 × 26.4 cm
Genre: Genre painting
Museum: Private Collection

Styles

Post-Impressionism

Tags

Ladyreading-and-writingfemale-portraits

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The Precious Book by Gwen John — VisualArtsDB