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Othello Hesitating to Kill Desdemona

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Othello Hesitating to Kill Desdemona

baron François Gérard

ca. 1795–1810

Medium

Pen and brown ink over black chalk

Dimensions

6 7/8 × 8 11/16 in. (17.5 × 22 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Stephen A. Geiger, 2021

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

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1770 –1837 • French

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