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Pierre-Jean David d'ANGERS (Angers, 1788 – Paris, 1856)
Saint Cecilia
Pencil on paper
Dedicated, signed and dated lower right
à Monsieur Amédée Charrier / David d'Angers / 1853
30 x 18 cm
Foxing
Original frame in blackened and gilded wood
Dimensions with frame: 58.5 x 43.5 cm
Note: the statue of Saint Cecilia, made in 1837, in marble, is in the Cathedral of Angers. Amédée Charrier, to whom the drawing is dedicated, was a doctor of medicine, author of various medical publications.
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