"The Round Dance" or "Rays of Sunlight" — Anne-François-Louis Janmot | DiscoverArt

Anne-François-Louis Janmot

"The Round Dance" or "Rays of Sunlight"

1835–55

Black chalk, graphite, charcoal, wax crayon, brush and wash on cream wove paper

106.7 × 129.5 cm (42 × 51 in)

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