Luc-Olivier Merson - La mort du roi Orri by Luc-Olivier Merson

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Brown wash drawing of a bound man on a stake before a round tower, with soldiers, a mounted rider and smoke.

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A dramatic scene shows a bound man raised on a wooden stake before a massive round tower, with a crowd of armed soldiers and a mounted rider looking on amid smoke and fire. The work is rendered in brown wash with white highlights on a tinted ground.

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