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David, Resting Homer, 1794, pen and ink wash, over pencil, Musee de Louvre, Paris.

 

David, Homer Reading His Verses to the Greeks, 1794, pencil, pen, and ink wash, Musee du Louvre, Paris.

 

Jean-Baptiste after David, Resting Homer, 1842, lithograph, Musee des Beaux-Arts, Rennes.

An engraved copy of a painting by Francois Gérard from the end of the 18th C.

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