Allegorical Figure of the City of Piacenza, for a Pendentive in the Chapel of Saint-Roch, Church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris (recto); Studies for the Same Figure (verso) — Alexandre Denis Abel de Pujol. Allegorical Figure of the City of Piacenza, for a Pendentive in the Chapel of Saint-Roch, Church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris (recto); Studies for the Same Figure (verso), 1821. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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Allegorical Figure of the City of Piacenza, for a Pendentive in the Chapel of Saint-Roch, Church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris (recto); Studies for the Same Figure (verso)

by Alexandre Denis Abel de Pujol

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Artist: Alexandre Denis Abel de Pujol (French, Valenciennes 1785–1861 Paris)
Date: 1821
Medium: Graphite, heightened with white on beige paper; squared in graphite
Dimensions: Sheet: 11 13/16 x 9 1/2 in. (30 x 24.2cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Purchase, The David L. Klein Jr. Memorial Foundation Inc. Gift, 1984
Accession no.: 1984.66

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