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A Tomb in the Woods by Salomon Gessner — VisualArtsDB

A Tomb in the Woods

A Tomb in the Woods

Salomon Gessner

Medium: Watercolor over graphite on white laid paper
Dimensions: 23.2 x 18.1 cm (9 1/8 x 7 1/8 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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