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Work Details:

Title:Cosquer Cave
Culture/Nationality:Paleolithic
Style:Gravettian
Date:c. 18,000-16,500 BCE
Location:Marseilles
Animals engraved on the same panel
 
Bison
 
Black hand stencils, south edge of the large shaft
 
complete ibex deeply engraved, superimposed on the head of a bison
 
Eight hand stencils
 
Engraved horse above ibex
 
hand stencils marked out
 
Horse head on a stalagmite
 
Large black horse
 
Large red deer
 
Painted horse above crudely painted horse
 
painting resembling jellyfish
 
panel of the horses
 
Speared man
 
Stalagmite striped in red
 
Stalagmitic mass marked with numerous black stains
 
The only painted ibex
 
The three great auks