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Classical Human Figures

Studies of draped figures, often religious or mythological, depicted with chalk and pen on toned paper in soft yet detailed styles.

A bent over woman, Jean Grandjean, 1765 - 1781
A bent over woman, Jean Grandjean, 1765 - 1781
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Cleric (lower register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, 1858) 19th century Isidore Pils French. Cleric (lower register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, 1858). Isidore Pils (French, Paris 1813/15-1875 Douarnenez). 19th century. Black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on gray paper. Drawings
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Man who puts a sheet around him, c. 1854 - c. 1887 The man wears sandals, has put the sheet around him and looks aside. Drawing 2 on page 4 of an album with 35 drawings.  paper. ink. watercolor (paint) pen / brush The man wears sandals, has put the sheet around him and looks aside. Drawing 2 on page 4 of an album with 35 drawings.  paper. ink. watercolor (paint) pen / brush
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Two Standing Saints, 1563-1572. Giovanni Bandini (Italian, c. 1540-1599). Pen and brown ink with traces of black chalk (abraded in haloes); traces of framing lines in black ink and gold paint; sheet: 40.8 x 26.8 cm (16 1/16 x 10 9/16 in.).
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Askulap and Telesfor (from the collection at the Paris museum) Normand, Charles (1765 1840)
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Study for Invocation to the GoddessHygeia. Artist: Louis-Héctor Leroux, French, 1829-1900
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Geoffroy Dumoûtier, French (active c. 1535-1573), The Crowned Virgin in a Niche, 1543, etching
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The Prince's Progress - Figure Sketch of the Prince and the Woman, 1865-66. Artist: Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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Design for Magazine Cover, Kenyon Cox, American, 1856-1919, Graphite on paper, Sketch of a magazine cover with a female figure dancing., USA, 1900, graphic design, Drawing, Drawing
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Wife Ary Ernest Renan (1858-1900). Breastfeeding woman. Study of female female breastfeeding her child. Graphite pencil, feather and black ink on fine cardboard. Paris, museum of romantic life.
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Feather drawing depicting a female figure in antique robe, facing right, with a pole emerging from the left. Laved and whitewashed technique.
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'Surprise' represented by a man with his arms outstretched. Artist: After Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, Parma 1503-1540 Casalmaggiore); Niccolò Vicentino (Italian, active ca. 1510-ca. 1550). Dimensions: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 6 1/16 in. (23.2 × 15.4 cm) trimmed. Date: 1515-30.According to Naoko Takahatake, this is the only known impression of the first state (October 2017). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Father Time, Christian Bernhard Rode, 1788 print   paper etching Father Time, man with wings and scythe
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Lazio Roma Rome SS. Giovanni e Paolo1. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Views of basement level christian tomb (confessio) with frescoes and of oratory with altar. Views of apse frescoes in current, ground level basilica, paintings from cappella di S. Paolo alla Croce, and collection of papal portraits from the octagonal vestibule preceding sacristy. Views of sculpture in cloister garden. Antiquities: Views of basement level remains of roman palazzo with second and third century frescoes decorating former triclinium, tablinium, ninfeo, and oratorium. Sarcophagus and fragments in cloister garden. Object Notes: Church museum has separate file and record. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Me
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Base of the monument containing the wishes of Henry IV and Catherine de Medici by Germain Pilon for Célestins Anonymous. "Base of the monument containing the wishes of Henri IV and Catherine de Medici by Germain Pilon for Célestinians". Drawing.
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Pallas Athena in armor. Pallas Athena carries a helmet, shield and spear. Probably signed to classical example. Leaf 22 Recto from a sketchbook with 91 sheets.
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Figure study of a man with turban and sword, draughtsman: Raden Sarief Bastaman Saleh, 1824 - 1880, paper, brush, h 256 mm × w 197 mm
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A Fashionable Young Woman Seen from Behind. Dated: 1800/1803. Dimensions: sheet: 33.6 x 23.3 cm (13 1/4 x 9 3/16 in.). Medium: black chalk on very light green laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Carl Wilhelm Kolbe.
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Drawing (Italy)
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Diebitsch Carl von (1819-1869), sculpture of a Roman (without date): sculpture of a Roman. Pencil watercolored on paper, 28 x 23.1 cm (including scan edges) Diebitsch Carl von  (1819-1869): Skulptur eines Römers
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Old Woman in Shawl and Cap 1800-1899 United States. Graphite on cream wove card, laid down on ivory wove card . James McNeill Whistler
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Drawing by Annibale Carracci showing a male figure sitting to the left, holding a rod with both hands on gray paper with white highlights.
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Johannes de Evangelist. Schetsen voor beelden van Christus en de vier evangelisten (series title). Draughtsman: Luca Cambiaso (attributed to). Dating: 1537 - 1585. Measurements: h 144 mm × w 50 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Christ, monogrammist FP (Italy; 16th century), after Parmigianino, c. 1500 - c. 1599 print  Italy paper etching Christ
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Josef Winterhalder the Younger drew two holy women, one in front with crossed hands on the chest, after the apse fresco in the parish church of Sümeg, using brown ink and gray washes after 1758.
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Penalty Holy, Luca Cambiaso (Possible), 1500 - 1599 drawing Penalty holy, kneeling for a book with a burning candle. Knee pencil. paper. ink. chalk pen / brush
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Drawing, Bearded Man with a Staff; Italy; pen and ink, brush and sepia on paper
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A black chalk drawing by an anonymous artist of an elderly woman standing and wearing a saucepan, with minor edge discoloration, created around 1650.
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November, anonymous, 1550 - 1600 drawing Personification of the month of November: left -hand man with ax and with a chopping knife in the belt; For him, the arching centaur goes.  paper. ink pen / brush November ~ other concepts (+ with zodiacal signs)
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Feather drawing by Salvator Rosa depicting a bust with eccentric features on a base, showing figure and form.
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Study of a Draped Figure 1857-58 Edgar Degas French. Study of a Draped Figure 334332
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Girl with Basket 1866-1901 England. Pen and brown ink on cream wove paper . Kate Greenaway
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British 19th Century, Studies for the Raising of the Daughter of Jairus Studies for the Raising of the Daughter of Jairus
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Black and white chalk drawing by François Pascal Gérard depicting a Bacchantin holding grapes and a putto, on brownish paper with oval cut presentation.
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A GREAT MAN ON HIS HOBBY HORSE At Great Man on His Hobby Horse ". Anonymous water, 1803.
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The Virgin and Child enthroned with figures above. Graphite, pen and ink on paper. Date: 1820-1850. Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
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Study for a standing Minerva. Standing woman in profile to the right, study for a minerva.
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The Purple Cap. Origin: United States. Drawing; crayon and pastel on brown paper. Date: 1870s; reworked 1885. Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.
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Gustav Klimt's 1897-1898 black chalk study depicts Hygieia with a wide head plaster, intended for an oil sketch for 'Medicine', emphasizing anatomy and preparatory composition.
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Sitting a woman with a vase; Carrier-Belleuse, Albert Ernst (1824-1887); before 1884 (1801-00-00-1900-00-00);Lubomirski, Henryk (1905-1986 - Jesuit), Lubomirski, Kazimierz (1869-1930), Vente Carrier Belleuse (Auction - Paris - 1887), Projects, French drawings, Academic Studies, Vasa, Purchase (Privacy)
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Design for a Sculpture of a Prophet Beside an Arch, Carlo Maria Giudici, Italian, 1723 - 1804, Black chalk on paper, Vertical rectangle. Part of a sheet of a drawing book, with a figure of Prophet beside an arch. The mouldings are sketched, and the figure sits toward the left, holding a scroll in his left hand. The forepart of the left foot has been cut away., Milan, Italy, 1780-1800, sculpture, Drawing, Drawing
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Woman with bucket (the Samaritan woman), Anonymous, after Frederick Bloemaert, after Abraham Bloemaert, c. 1679 - c. 1709 print A woman leans against a low wall. Her right arm rests on a bucket. The same figure appears in a drawing by Christ and the Samaritan woman by Abraham Bloemaert. Copy to a performance from the drawing book by Abraham Bloemaert. Amsterdam paper engraving adult woman. the woman of Samaria (John 4:4-42)
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Young man in cloak and with a beret, draughtsman: anonymous, 1600 - 1699, paper, h 312 mm × w 254 mm
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Sculpture Study William Rimmer American, born England. Sculpture Study 11914
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Child, two women Henry Cros (1840-1907). Child, two women. Pencil.
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Recto/Front: The Ascension - Study for a Kneeling Apostle, 1844. Verso/Back: Head of a Child, 1844. Ford Madox Brown.  Recto: A bearded man, full length, kneeling with his hands raised in prayer... Verso: Head of a child, turned slightly to the right.
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Black chalk composition study by Anton Graff for a half-length portrait, focusing on figure arrangement and proportional relationships.
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Figurehead. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 56 x 39 cm (22 1/16 x 15 3/8 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: American 20th Century.
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The Daughters of Pandarus. After John Flaxman; English, 1755-1826. Date: 1805-1835. Dimensions: 320 × 442 mm. Charcoal and graphite, heightened with white chalk, on cream wove paper prepared with a pale brown wash. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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Allegory on Freedom and Peace. Draughtsman: Jurriaan Andriessen. Dating: c. 1752 - c. 1819. Measurements: h 110 mm × w 70 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Black ink drawing by Ernst Juch depicting a scene representing New Years celebration or festivity
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(No. 7.) / Coming for the exhibition by Paul Klenck. Strange and foreign type of a strange Foreign.
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Design for an Ovoidal Painting: Strength, Giacomo Zampa, Italian, 1731 - 1808, Black chalk, pen and ink, brush and sepia wash, brush and oxidized white gouache on brown paper, A seated woman in armor carries shield, lance, and a laurel branch. Ovoid, caption, signature similar to those in 1931-65-50, except for 'Fortezza', '4'. On verso: a part of the head and of the thorax of a bearded man, bending forward in black crayon., Forli, Italy, ca. 1780, Drawing, Drawing
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Study of a walking man; verso: study of a sitting woman, studies of feet. Willmann, Michael (1630-1706), draughtsman, cartoonist
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Design for Part of a Wall or Ceiling Decoration: A Woman Dancer, Pen and ink on paper, mounted, Turned toward right with the head turned and lowered toward her right shoulder. She raises with her left hand a stick, from which a ribbon hangs down. Framed by an ink line., possibly Venice, Italy, early 19th century, Drawing, Drawing
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Iffland, August Wilhelm .
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Sketch titled 'Drapery for a Seated Figure' by Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (1452-1519) an Italian polymath of the Renaissance.
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Cassio Bowing 1852 Théodore Chassériau French Between 1852 and 1855 Chassériau returned to Shakespearean themes in his paintings and drawings, using an 1844 series of fifteen etchings devoted to Othello as a starting point. This image of Cassio relates to plate 6, where Desdemona tells Cassio that she will plead his cause with her husband (see: 64.599.1).. Cassio Bowing 334201
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Artist: Gilles Demarteau, Flemish, active in France, 1722-1776, After: François Boucher, French, 1703-1770, Les oeufs cassés (The BrokenEggs), ca.1769, Chalk-manner engraving, platemark: 28.5 × 20.6 cm (11 1/4 × 8 1/8 in.); Sheet: 30.2 × 22.5 cm (11 7/8 × 8 7/8in.), Made in France, French, 18thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints
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Desiderius Erasmus, David Jorisz. and Jan Snellinck I, Jacob Houbraken, 1708 - 1780, Design for a print., draughtsman: Jacob Houbraken, 1708 - 1780, paper, pen, brush, h 152 mm × w 96 mm
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France, French Crown, Paris, Merlen, Jacques van, Bella, Stefano della, Recueil de divers griffonnemens et preuves d'eau forte part 2, Collection of various scribbles and etchings part 2, Head of a veiled woman, head of a man, head of a satyr, a scroll ornament and a man on horseback, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 82 mm, width 110 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, South Netherlands, French, 1616-12-15 - 1682-06, publisher, uitgever van privilege
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A dark brown pen sketch sheet by Ferdinand Laufberger showing standing women with mirrors, a woman's act, a bearded head, and another standing woman.
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Girl with a Musical Instrument. Date/Period: 1870. Pen and brown ink on paper. Width: 150 mm. Height: 216 mm. Author: Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
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Hokusai, Wild wind in the mountains, woodcut in marker style, graphics, leaf width 25 cm, leaf height 24 cm
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A Fashionable Couple Seen from Behind. Dated: c. 1810. Dimensions: overall: 59.2 x 45.2 cm (23 5/16 x 17 13/16 in.). Medium: black and white chalk on yellow paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Philibert d'Amiens de Ranchicourt.
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Standing Woman with Her Hands Clasped in Prayer. Dated: c. 1488. Dimensions: overall: 19.4 x 8 cm (7 5/8 x 3 1/8 in.). Medium: metalpoint heightened with white on gray-prepared paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: FILIPPINO LIPPI.
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Study of a standing soldier, seen from the back, draughtsman: anonymous, anonymous, 1599 - 1649, paper, pen, h 92 mm × w 154 mm
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Knight with flag, sword, and shield by an anonymous artist, executed with brown ink and blue brush, laved in 1627, showing armor, heraldry, and stance.
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Cigar Store Indian. Dated: 1938. Dimensions: overall: 53.7 x 35.5 cm (21 1/8 x 14 in.). Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Louis Plogsted.
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Filippino Lippi (Italian, 1457 - 1504), Standing Woman with Her Hands Clasped in Prayer, c. 1488, metalpoint heightened with white on gray-prepared paper
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Standing man with stick in the left hand ..
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Master of Joachim and Anna, Kellen, David van der (1804-1879), Sculpture 1460-1490, Meeting Joachim and Anna, A wooden sculpture of the meeting of Joachim and Anna., print, book illustration, prints, ornamental prints, height 265 mm, width 215 mm, 1804-09-25 - 1879-03-30, print maker, printmaker, 1865 - 1878, third quarter 19th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, after image of
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Design for a painting, The Sincerity, draughtsman: Elias van Nijmegen, 1677 - 1755, paper, brush, pen, h 326 mm × w 208 mm
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Frontispiece from the "Iconography". Unknown Artist (Italian, 17th century); after Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641). Date: 1650-1699. Dimensions: 299 x 190 mm. Pen and iron gall ink on cream laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.
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American 20th Century, Plate 36  Saint Roch  From Portfolio Spanish Colonial Designs of New Mexico, 1935 1942 Plate 36: Saint Roch: From Portfolio Spanish Colonial Designs of New Mexico
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Tracing of the Rabbit Scurried by Sir John Tenniel, 1866, illustration for page 18 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, pencil works
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Laundry Woman. Jean Emile Laboureur; French, 1877-1943. Date: 1922. Dimensions: 253 × 182 mm (plate); 338 × 220 mm (sheet). Engraving on gray-green laid paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.
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Maria Magdalena (). Standing women's figure, for example, probably Maria Magdalena. Pressure of an unfinished plate.
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A Judge of the Criminal Court ca. 1798-99 Pierre Narcisse Guérin French. A Judge of the Criminal Court 371358
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No. 4332 Peinture Pompei, Photo reproduction of an engraving after a fresco in Pompeii: Dancer, No. 4332. Danseuse - Peinture Pompei, photograph, foto, foto's, height 252 mm, width 198 mm, photographer, 1870 - 1890, third quarter 19th century, fourth quarter 19th century, paper, photographic paper, photo paper, albumen print
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Cigar Store Indian. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 45.6 x 33.1 cm (17 15/16 x 13 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Dorothy Hay Jensen.
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This 1907 illustration shows a wooden coffin with a male corpse and accompanying burial items that date to the Bronze Age - around 1300 BC. It was uncovered at Borum Eschoi on the peninsula of Jutland, an area that is part of Denmark
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