Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise|Eugène-Pierre Gourdet

Two alternative designs for the painted decoration of a ceiling

1830–97
Graphite and watercolor on tracing paper; mounted on wove paper
22.6 × 30.3 cm (8.9 × 11.9 in)

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