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Studies of a Rearing Horse Attacked by a Lion and a Lion Wrestling with a Serpent
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Pen and brown ink brush and brown wash on writing paper
Rights: Public Domain
Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift from the Karen B. Cohen Collection of Eugène Delacroix in honor of Philippe de Montebello 2013
Title: Studies of a Rearing Horse Attacked by a Lion and a Lion Wrestling with a Serpent
Description:
Pen and brown ink brush and brown wash on writing paper.
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