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Beauty with Butterflies by Katsukawa Shunsho — VisualArtsDB

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Beauty with Butterflies

Beauty with Butterflies

Beauty with Butterflies

Katsukawa Shunsho

1726–1792

Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions: 40 3/4 x 12 1/2 in. (103.5 x 31.8 cm)
Genre: Paintings
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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