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Isidore Pils

Cleric (lower register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, 1858)

19th century
Red and white chalk, traces of black chalk, on beige paper. Scattered stains.
47 × 29.8 cm (18.5 × 11.7 in)

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