Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise|Eugène-Pierre Gourdet

Design for the decoration of a ceiling

1830–97
pen and ink, watercolor, and gouache on wove paper; mounted on wove paper
26.2 × 37.7 cm (10.3 × 14.8 in)

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