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The Scythian Philosopher by Jean-Baptiste Oudry — VisualArtsDB

The Scythian Philosopher

The Scythian Philosopher

Jean-Baptiste Oudry

Medium: Black ink and gray wash, heightened with white white gouache, on blue antique laid paper
Dimensions: 31 × 25.7 cm (12 3/16 × 10 1/8 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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