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"The Martyrdom of Saint Symphorien (Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres) , 1943.845,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 09, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/297620.
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The image in graphite on white paper depicts a crowd outside a stone wall ornamented with statues. A man in white robes stands at the center the crowd beside a fallen censer. The man’s arms are spread wide, a halo rendered behind his head. He looks up and left, toward a woman at the top of the wall. The woman reaches out toward the robed man, held back by two people behind her. Behind the robed man at center is a column of armored men on horses, the lead rider pointing his finger forward. To either side of the column of riders are large crowds of people being pushed apart by the riders.