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The Connoisseur by Honoré Daumier — VisualArtsDB

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The Connoisseur

The Connoisseur

The Connoisseur

Honoré Daumier

Medium: Gray-brown ink and watercolor over graphite on off-white paper
Dimensions: 35.8 x 24.9 cm (14 1/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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