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Theatrical Scene (?)
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Department of Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts
Grenville Lindall Winthrop New York gift; to Fogg Art Museum 1939
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Gift of Grenville L. Winthrop Class of 1886
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