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Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg Danish
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Title: The Sword of Damocles; verso: Sketches of Man's Head and of a Figure with a Raised Arm
Artist:
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (Danish, Blåkrog 1783–1853 Copenhagen)
Date: 1805
Medium: Pen and black ink, over graphite
Dimensions: sheet: 12 9/16 x 10 in. (31.9 x 25.4 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Purchase, Charles and Jessie Price Gift, 2011
Object Number: 2011.253a, b
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