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Portrait Bust of a Cardinal by Claude Mellan — VisualArtsDB

Portrait Bust of a Cardinal

Portrait Bust of a Cardinal

1618–1688

Medium: Black chalk on cream laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper
Dimensions: 11.5 × 9.7 cm (4 9/16 × 3 7/8 in.)
Genre: chalk
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)black chalkchalkchalk sticksprints and drawinginorganic materialpaper (fiber product)

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