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Study for the painting 'Tobias taking leave of his father'; in the centre of the scene, a boy wearing a short tunic embraces a bearded man wearing a turban and long robes; at the right a young woman descends a staircase, approaching the central group and an old woman observes the scene from a window; at the left, the boy is depicted a second time, wearing a hat and carrying a stick. 1835 Verso: slight sketches in graphite of figures, including the lower torso of a nude female statue Pen and black ink, brush and brown wash, over graphite on buff-coloured paper; the sheet is squared in graphite, and is comprised of three joined pieces of paper
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