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Reading the Office

Alphonse Legros

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white drawing of a man wearing a clerical collar reading a book. The man is balding, with thinning hair on the sides of his head. He sits at a sloping desk. The book is on a lectern. He holds his hand on the page. He wears a ring on his finger. He has a circular medallion on a cord around his neck. The desk and medallion are darkly shaded. A wall and a window are behind him. The drawing is on a beige background.

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713 × 893 px
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