c. 1861 (recto); c. 1854-56 (verso)
There are faint very faint studies on the recto: a cloaked figure to the left of Christ's legs, and the outline of the legs and spear of a soldier below the Cross. The verso includes a faint image of a horse's head just above the Degas stamp.
31 x 23.9 cm (12 3/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Watercolor on off-white wove paper
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19th centuryFrenchBrown chalk on cream laid paper
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