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1914

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Drawing, Study of "Altarpiece of Saint-Germer-de-fly," Paris, France

This is a Drawing. It was created by Francis Augustus Lathrop. It is dated ca. 1870 and we acquired it in 1914. Its medium is brush and watercolor, graphite on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by H. A. Hammond Smith.

Its dimensions are

15.3 × 27.1 cm (6 in. × 10 11/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamp in black, lower left, (Lugt 457c): Museum for the Arts of Decoration Cooper Union.

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: Retable d'autel de la chapelle de St. Germer (de l'an 1259)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study of "Altarpiece of Saint-Germer-de-fly," Paris, France; Francis Augustus Lathrop (American, 1849 - 1909); USA; brush and watercolor, graphite on paper; 15.3 × 27.1 cm (6 in. × 10 11/16 in.); 1914-38-1-a

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