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Trees (recto); Soldiers in a Wood (verso), Alexandre Calame

Trees (recto); Soldiers in a Wood (verso)

Trees (recto); Soldiers in a Wood (verso) (museum title)

Alexandre Calame (Swiss) (1810-1864)

Movement
Romanticism
Date
19th century
Medium
Graphite heightened with white gouache
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0

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