Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise|Eugène-Pierre Gourdet

Partial design for the decoration of a ceiling in geometric panels painted with putti, masks., and griffins

1830–97
graphite, pen and ink, watercolor, and gold paint on tracing paper; mounted on heavy wove paper
34.9 × 50.2 cm (13.7 × 19.8 in)

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