Charles-François Daubigny

Sketches: The Hotel de Ville, Tours and a Girl Playing (recto); Stork (verso)

1837/78 · Graphite (recto and verso) on ivory wove paper · 12.5 × 19.9 cm (4 15/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

Sketches: The Hotel de Ville, Tours and a Girl Playing (recto); Stork (verso), Daubigny, 1837/78
Art Institute of Chicago

Daubigny, Sketches: The Hotel de Ville, Tours and a Girl Playing (recto); Stork (verso), 1837/78. Graphite (recto and verso) on ivory wove paper.

The Art Institute of Chicago · The Charles Deering Collection

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