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Salomé Dancing Before the Head of St. John the Baptist
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Graphite watercolor and gouache on cream wove paper
Rights: Public Domain
Robert Lehman Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Robert Lehman Collection 1975
Title: Salomé Dancing Before the Head of St. John the Baptist
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Graphite watercolor and gouache on cream wove paper.
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