Portrait of Jean Ajalbert

Eugène Carrière, c. 1893

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Portrait of Jean Ajalbert, c. 1893. charcoal with white chalk.

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charcoal with white chalk · Sheet: 27.4 x 23.7 cm · Cleveland Museum of Art

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Museum title: Portrait of Jean Ajalbert
Artist: Eugène Carrière (French, 1849–1906)
Date: c. 1893
Medium: charcoal with white chalk
Dimensions: Sheet: 27.4 x 23.7 cm (10 13/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
Credit line: Bequest of Muriel Butkin
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Cleveland Museum of Art

Artist’s life 1849–1906

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