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Study for "Autopsy at the Hôtel-Dieu" by Henri Gervex

Study for "Autopsy at the Hôtel-Dieu"

Henri Gervex · 1876

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Artist
Henri Gervex
Date
1876
Location
National Gallery of Art
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Henri Gervex

Henri Gervex, a French painter, became famous at 26 when his controversial painting "Rolla" was banned from the 1878 Salon de Paris.

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