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Who painted “Sleep and his Half-brother Death”?

“Sleep and his Half-brother Death” was painted by John William Waterhouse in 1874.

Sleep and his Half-brother Death — John William Waterhouse

Pre-Raphaelite

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John William Waterhouse: red-haired, pale women from myth and Arthurian legend, beside water or among flowers, painted with Pre-Raphaelite clarity.

John William Waterhouse (baptised 6 April 1849 – 10 February 1917) was an English painter known for working first in the Academic style and for then embracing the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood's style and subject matter. Wikipedia

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