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Title:: |
Study for a Medallion; verso Standing Male Nude |
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Artist: |
Chapu, Henri Michel Antoine |
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Medium: |
pencil |
Provenance: |
Artist's estate |
Period: |
French 19th Century |
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Height(mm):
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265
217
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Price: |
$900.00 |
Description: |
Fine pencil sketch in an inscribed circle showing a a male nude figure rescuing a drowning woman and child, with the inscribed motto "Fortium Pietas" (Courage or Strength and Kindness or Duty ). Verso, a different study of a standing male nude. The recto seems clearly to be a design for a medallion. |
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