Jean Honore Fragonard (1732-1806). French painter. The Sacrifice of Caliroe, 1765. It depicts the priest Coreso sacrificing himself with a dagger to s

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Jean Honore Fragonard (1732-1806). French painter. The Sacrifice of Caliroe, 1765. It depicts the priest Coreso sacrificing himself with a dagger to save Callirrhoe, his beloved, who falls fainted. San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Madrid. Spain.

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