Isidore Pils

a. Hands of Saint Remi (lower register); b. Head of Saint Clotilde (upper register); c. Head of Saint Clotilde (lower register); d. Head of an Angel (upper register); e. Hand and Sleeve of Saint Remi

19th century
a. Red, white, and black chalk, on gray paper; b. graphite, pasted onto larger sheet; c. black chalk, white gouache, on tracing paper, pasted onto larger sheet; d. graphite, on tracing paper, pasted onto a larger sheet; e. black, red, and white chalk, on blue-gray paper, pasted onto a larger sheet
46.8 × 29.6 cm (18.4 × 11.7 in)

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