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Scene of Justice: Captives before an Enthroned Ruler in an Audience Chamber
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[Christie's South Kensington 19 April 1996 lot 176] sold; to Charles Haar Cambridge
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Gift of Charles Haar and Suzanne Keller Haar
Title: Scene of Justice: Captives before an Enthroned Ruler in an Audience Chamber
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