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Portrait of a boy with a large ruff by Wilhelm Leibl

Portrait of a boy with a large ruff

Wilhelm Leibl · 1869

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Artist
Wilhelm Leibl
Date
1869
Location
Germanisches Nationalmuseum
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THE ARTIST

Wilhelm Leibl

Wilhelm Leibl was a German Realist painter celebrated for his unvarnished portraits and scenes of Bavarian peasant life, capturing reality with an almost photographic clarity.

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