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Ajax in the Grave — Jacob Wilhelm Mechau. Ajax in the Grave, ca. 1790–99. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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Ajax in the Grave

by Jacob Wilhelm Mechau

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Artist: Jacob Wilhelm Mechau (German, Leipzig 1745–1808 Dresden)
Date: ca. 1790–99
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over graphite
Dimensions: 22 1/4 x 31 1/2 in. (56.5 x 80 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2007
Accession no.: 2007.322

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