Notre-Dame de Paris

c. 1881

pen and black ink, brush and black wash, white gouache and graphite on paper

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

After creating this drawing, Luc-Olivier Merson went on to illustrate an important 1889 edition of Notre-Dame de Paris , one of the major projects of his career.

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