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The Meeting of Orestes and Hermione
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The Meeting of Orestes and Hermione

Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson (French, 1767–1824) · c. 1800

pen and brown and black ink, point of brush and brown and gray wash, with black chalk and graphite, heightened with white gouache, on cream wove paper
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

The leg of the table behind Hermione has the form of a siren, a dangerous mythological creature that destroys anyone who hears its song.

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