DETAILS
- Artist
- Jean-Paul Laurens
- Date
- 1875
- Location
- Musée d'Orsay
- Culture
- France
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THE ARTIST
Jean-Paul Laurens
Jean-Paul Laurens was a romanticist French painter and sculptor, known for his dramatic historical and religious scenes that often subtly critiqued monarchical and clerical power.
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