Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise|Eugène-Pierre Gourdet

Design for the decoration of a ceiling with a trompe l'oeil painting of a coffered dome

1830–97
Graphite, pen and ink, watercolor and gold paint on wove paper; mounted on blue wove paper
37.8 × 27.1 cm (14.9 × 10.7 in)

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