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The Invention of the Art of Drawing (the daughter of Butades of Sicyon and her Lover)
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Pen and gray ink watercolor; framing line in pen and black ink by the artists
Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection The Elisha Whittelsey Fund 2015
Title: The Invention of the Art of Drawing (the daughter of Butades of Sicyon and her Lover)
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Pen and gray ink watercolor; framing line in pen and black ink by the artists.
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