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Merciful Samaritan by Ernst Barlach — VisualArtsDB

Merciful Samaritan

Merciful Samaritan

1919

Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: block: 18 x 13 cm (7 1/16 x 5 1/8 in.) sheet: 28.1 x 22.3 cm (11 1/16 x 8 3/4 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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