Sketches: Seated Man with Head in Hands and Two Figures Bending Toward Others in Background (recto); Reclining Woman (verso) — Jean Baptiste Carpeaux. Sketches: Seated Man with Head in Hands and Two Figures Bending Toward Others in Background (recto); Reclining Woman (verso), 1847/75 (recto); 1863/64 (verso). The Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain (CC0).

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AT-00005097

Sketches: Seated Man with Head in Hands and Two Figures Bending Toward Others in Background (recto); Reclining Woman (verso)

by Jean Baptiste Carpeaux

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Artist: Jean Baptiste Carpeaux / French, 1827-1875
Date: 1847/75 (recto); 1863/64 (verso)
Medium: Black and white chalk (recto and verso) on tan wove paper
Dimensions: 21.1 × 15.1 cm (8 5/16 × 6 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: chalk
Place: France
Department: Prints and Drawings
Credit line: Worcester Sketch Fund
Accession no.: 1974.52

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