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Paul Adolphe Rajon

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WA-00116598

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Smithsonian

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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.88.10
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

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Paul-Adolphe Rajon was a French painter and printmaker, who started his career as a photographer.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (6)

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

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Le Peintre

1873 · Etching on ivory wove paper

Sheet: 34.5 × 25 cm (13 5/8 × 9 7/8 in.); Plate: 22.1 × 15.2 cm (8 3/4 × 6 in.)

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

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6 published of 6 catalogued · 4 with image

Art Institute Chicago
5 published3 img
Rijksmuseum
1 published1 img

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Lezende jongeman in een stoel
1852 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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