# Innocence

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## Artwork

- Artist: [SIMONIS, Eugène](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/simonis-eugne-r94e86b9fa47d75>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Marble

## Commentary

This statue represents a young girl playing with a viper. Eugène Simonis was an important representative of the Belgian school of sentiment, as his work Innocence demonstrates.

## Attribution

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