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The Surprise
DUBUFE About 1827Signed: Dubufe. Canvas,
65.2 x 54.3 cm No. 457, Presented
by Robert Vernon, 1847; returned from the Tate
Gallery, 1956.The pose is based on the
famous classical sculpture, The Medici Venus.
The picture was painted in about 1827 and
exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1828. |
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