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Woman's Head by Albert Besnard — VisualArtsDB

Woman's Head

Woman's Head

1885–1895

Medium: Oil on cardboard
Dimensions: 60.8 × 49.1 cm (19 1/4 × 24 in.); Framed: 75 × 63.5 × 7.7 cm (29 1/2 × 25 × 3 in.)
Genre: painting
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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