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The Contest Between Athena and Poseidon for the Possession of Athens
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Pen and brown ink brush and brown wash over traces of leadpoint or black chalk; squared in red chalk; traces of framing lines in pen and darker brown ink
Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Harry G. Sperling Fund 2000
Title: The Contest Between Athena and Poseidon for the Possession of Athens
Description:
Pen and brown ink brush and brown wash over traces of leadpoint or black chalk; squared in red chalk; traces of framing lines in pen and darker brown ink.
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