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The Death of Rāvaṇa by Fernand Cormon

The Death of Rāvaṇa

Fernand Cormon · 1875

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Artist
Fernand Cormon
Date
1875
Location
Musée des Augustins
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Fernand Cormon

Fernand Cormon, a leading French academic painter, was renowned for his dramatic historical scenes and for teaching a generation of avant-garde artists like Van Gogh and Toulouse-Lautrec.

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