A Woman Distributing Bread from a Basket: Study for "Feed the Hungry," in the Chapel of the Seven Corporal Works of Mercy (Les Oeuvres de Miséricorde), Church of Saint-Eustache, Paris — Victor-François-Eloi Biennourry. A Woman Distributing Bread from a Basket: Study for "Feed the Hungry," in the Chapel of the Seven Corporal Works of Mercy (Les Oeuvres de Miséricorde), Church of Saint-Eustache, Paris, 1850–53. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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A Woman Distributing Bread from a Basket: Study for "Feed the Hungry," in the Chapel of the Seven Corporal Works of Mercy (Les Oeuvres de Miséricorde), Church of Saint-Eustache, Paris

by Victor-François-Eloi Biennourry

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Artist: Victor-François-Eloi Biennourry (French, Bar-sur-Aube 1823–1893 Paris)
Date: 1850–53
Medium: Fabricated black and white chalk, squared with fabricated black chalk
Dimensions: 15-3/4 x 9-7/8 in. (40.0 x 25.1 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Gift of Alexander B.V. Johnson and Roberta J.M. Olson, 1998
Accession no.: 1998.406.2

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