Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise|Eugène-Pierre Gourdet

Design for the decoration of a ceiling with urns, swags, and portrait medallions in the four corners

1830–97
pen and ink and watercolor on wove paper
33.4 × 49.2 cm (13.1 × 19.4 in)

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