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Pencil sketch of a boy swatting at flying insects with a leafy branch, on toned paper.

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Pojken och myggorna, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1929), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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A pencil drawing on toned paper shows a young boy in motion, swinging a leafy branch with his right arm while bending forward and stepping wide. Small flying insects are scattered through the air around his head and shoulders. The work is attributed to Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, with the signature visible in the lower right corner, and is catalogued under the title Pojken och myggorna.

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