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Arion on a Sea Horse

William Adolphe Bouguereau

Cleveland Museum of Art

Oval painting of a shirtless young man with short dark curly hair riding a sea creature. The sea creature has the upper body of a horse and lower body of a fish with a fin on its back. The man wears a teal cloth wrapped around his right leg and hip. He holds a white lyre. Background shows a yellow-brown color with a cross and four dot pattern.

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1263 × 811 px
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