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Artists›Paul Adolphe Rajon

Paul Adolphe Rajon

1843

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Rijksmuseum Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art National Portrait Gallery

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Artworks (10)

Olin Levi Warner

1888 · Charcoal on paper

Image: 16 × 13.5 cm (6 5/16 × 5 5/16")

National Portrait Gallery

Bust of a Young Girl (recto); Profile of a Young Girl (verso)

1886 · Red chalk transfer (recto), and red chalk (verso), on gray wove paper

31.4 × 23.5 cm (12 3/8 × 9 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Bust of a Peasant Girl

1885 · Red chalk, over etching, on ivory wove paper

31.6 × 22.8 cm (12 1/2 × 9 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Suzanna Rose

1875 · etching and drypoint

National Gallery of Art

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Le Peintre

1873 · Etching on paper

Art Institute of Chicago

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The Poor Student

1863 · Etching on ivory wove paper

Image: 11.7 × 9 cm (4 5/8 × 3 9/16 in.); Plate: 61.6 × 12.1 cm (24 5/16 × 4 13/16 in.); Sheet: 25.2 × 19 cm (9 15/16 × 7 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relay of Dogs in the Desert

1861 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 16 × 23.6 cm (6 5/16 × 9 5/16 in.); Plate: 18.8 × 24.8 cm (7 7/16 × 9 13/16 in.); Sheet: 28.1 × 34.4 cm (11 1/8 × 13 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Lezende jongeman in een stoel

1852 · etching on paper

height: 127 cm, width: 76 cm

Rijksmuseum

J.Barbey d'Aurevilly

1842 · etching and drypoint printed in red on wove paper

plate: 11 x 8.2 cm (4 5/16 x 3 1/4 in.) sheet: 30.5 x 21 cm (12 x 8 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

J.Barbey d'Aurevilly

1842 · etching and drypoint printed in red on thin japan paper

plate: 11.1 x 8.2 cm (4 3/8 x 3 1/4 in.) sheet: 31.6 x 22.8 cm (12 7/16 x 9 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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Artwork sources (4)

10 published of 10 catalogued · 8 with image

Art Institute Chicago
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Nga
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Rijksmuseum
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Smithsonian
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Lezende jongeman in een stoel
1852 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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