Study for the decoration of the ceiling of the Opéra Comique

Thomas Couture French

ca. 1857

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Title: Study for the decoration of the ceiling of the Opéra Comique
Artist: Thomas Couture (French, Senlis 1815–1879 Villiers-le-Bel)
Date: ca. 1857
Medium: Black chalk on blue paper mounted on cardboard
Dimensions: Sheet with canted corners: 17 3/16 x 17 3/16 in. (43.7 x 43.7 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1960
Object Number: 60.142.3
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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