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Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise|Eugène-Pierre Gourdet

Design for a painted ceiling with putti on clouds in a central oval

1830–97
Graphite, watercolor, and gold paint on wove paper; mounted on wove paper
23.9 × 31.4 cm (9.4 × 12.4 in)

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