Path Near the Pond of Vipers, Fontainebleau Forest — Narcisse Diaz de la Peña

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Artist: Narcisse Diaz de la Peña
Date: 1860
Medium: oil on wood panel
Location: Cleveland Museum of Art
Dimensions: [object Object]
Collection: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Culture: France, 19th century
Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade

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