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Don Quixote and the Windmills by Honoré Daumier

Don Quixote and the Windmills

Honoré Daumier · 1850

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Artist
Honoré Daumier
Date
1850
Location
Art Institute of Chicago
ART MOVEMENTS
Naturalism
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