Centaurs at a Pond

Friedrich Preller the Elder German

1824–78

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Title: Centaurs at a Pond
Artist: Friedrich Preller the Elder (German, Eisenach 1804–1878 Weimar)
Date: 1824–78
Medium: Pen and black ink, brush and gray and brown ink, black chalk
Dimensions: sheet: 15 7/16 x 17 1/2 in. (39.2 x 44.4 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2009
Object Number: 2009.405
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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