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779:27 October
757:27 October
735:27 October
713:27 October
691:27 October
669:27 October
647:26 October
622:26 October
597:26 October
593:. Curiator
576:References
429:in 2008.
407:Christie's
174:Background
111:Shakuntala
102:Shakuntala
92:Çacountala
86:Sakountala
1368:Sakùntala
1360:Sakuntala
1333:Sakuntala
1223:Dushyanta
1007:The Waltz
991:Sakuntala
932:Sakuntala
542:, c. 1884
499:L’Abandon
423:Artcurial
415:L’Abandon
411:Sotheby's
391:The Waltz
356:L'Abandon
316:Vertumnus
278:Sakuntala
248:Le baiser
224:Sakuntala
168:L'Abandon
163:L'Abandon
115:Dushyanta
80:Sakuntala
24:Sakuntala
1182:Kalidasa
1142:Category
564:See also
521:The Kiss
378:Intimacy
360:Entreaty
274:The Kiss
243:The Kiss
107:Kālidāsa
69:Location
1233:Bharata
1228:Durvasa
1114:Related
1034:Museums
554:Rodin,
536:Rodin,
518:Rodin,
458:Roubaix
374:Fortune
1213:Menaka
1026:(1902)
994:(1888)
524:, 1882
312:Pomona
64:Marble
61:Medium
43:Artist
1379:Other
1352:Opera
1282:Stree
1242:Films
1218:Kanva
1103:Rodin
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599:2019
394:and
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320:Ovid
314:and
56:1905
53:Year
1317:Art
1184:'s
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135:in
89:or
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388:,
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