Seated Old Man Holding a Staff — Antoine Coypel | DiscoverArt

Seated Old Man Holding a Staff

Red and black chalk, stumped, heightened with white chalk, on beige paper; squared in black chalk

47.5 × 37.5 cm (18.7 × 14.8 in)

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