Studies for a figure composition — Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Peña | DiscoverArt

Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Peña

Studies for a figure composition

1820–76

Black chalk and pen and brown ink on wove paper (possibly a page from a Salon catalogue: numbered page 6, with cat. nos. 26-34)

13.5 × 21.1 cm (5.3 × 8.3 in)

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