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Fontainebleau Forest: Serpent Merchant (La Forêt de Fontainebleau: Le chasseur de serpents)

Auguste Louis Lepère

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white drawing of a man standing on a rough ground surface, facing left. The man wears a dark beret, white long-sleeved shirt, a dark vest with a tie at the neck, and baggy pants. A bag hangs from his left shoulder. He holds a long staff in his right hand and a pair of sticks or snakes in his left. A signature is written at the bottom, accompanied by numbers. The background features textured, light-colored paper with shading behind the man.

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494 × 900 px
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