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Vanitas (despairing figure) by Jean Léon Gérôme — VisualArtsDB

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Vanitas (despairing figure)

Vanitas (despairing figure)

Vanitas (despairing figure)

Jean Léon Gérôme

1863

Medium: Graphite, wove off-white matte paper
Dimensions: 13 1/8 x 9 3/4 in. (33.34 x 24.77 cm) (image)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Minneapolis Institute of Art

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