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Interior of a Church
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Interior of a Church

Thomas Couture

1877

Medium

Black chalk, heightened with white

Tags

Human FiguresInteriorsChurches

Dimensions

24 3/4 x 19 1/4 in. (62.9 x 48.9cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Kashey and Martin Reymert in memory of Sanford Shanley Jr., 1972

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Thomas Couture

1815–1879 • France

Often remembered for "The Romans of the Decadence," the sensation of the 1847 Salon that is now often cited as a classic example of bombastic academic painting. His informal works are more lively and he encouraged his students to directly study from landscape. Comment on works: mythology, history

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