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The Complement of the Students

Henry Bonaventure Monnier

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image depicts a man and a woman in 19th-century clothing sitting on a couch. The woman wears a white blouse, a long green and red striped skirt, and a red neck scarf; her dark hair is styled in a bun with a hat on top. The man, dressed in a black jacket, white shirt, light-colored pants, and black shoes, sits with his left leg crossed over his right. A brown suitcase or box lies open on the floor beside the couch. In the background, a window with a pink curtain and a striped wall are visible. A rectangular box hangs on the wall, and a pink curtain drapes over a piece of furniture to the left. The color palette features shades of brown, green, pink, white, and black.

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750 × 715 px
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