Youth Sleeping in a Chair — François André Vincent | DiscoverArt

François André Vincent

Youth Sleeping in a Chair

ca. 1771–72

Black chalk, heightened with white on brownish paper

45 × 33.6 cm (17.7 × 13.2 in)

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