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Painting of a sleeping woman in a forest as a young man reaches toward her, with a dog, sheep and birdcage nearby.

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A reclining woman in a white dress with a blue skirt rests on a grassy bank, apparently asleep, while a young man in a red vest leans toward her holding a stalk of grass. A dog and a sheep lie beside them, and a birdcage hangs from a tree in a wooded landscape.

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1757

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