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The infant Aesculapius discovered by shepherds
Richard Dadd
1851 · Oil on canvas
Dimensions 25.9 × 35.8 cm
Bottom inscription: Esculapius discovered by shepherds on the mountain nursed by a goat & guarded by a dog - a sketch by Richard Dadd. 1851 Xmas
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About this artwork
The infant Aesculapius discovered by shepherds (1851) by Richard Dadd, oil on canvas.
About Richard Dadd
Richard Dadd (1 August 1817 – 7 January 1886) was an English painter of the Victorian era, noted for his depictions of fairies and other supernatural subjects, Orientalist scenes, and enigmatic genre scenes, rendered with obsessively minuscule detail.
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