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 and graphite on cream wove paper
19th-20th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk
19th centuryFrenchGraphite
19th centuryFrench
Red and white chalk on coarse-textured cream wove paper
19th-20th centuryFrenchGraphite and white chalk on tan wove paper, darkened, laid down
19th centuryFrenchCharcoal and black and white chalk, squared in charcoal, on blue-gray wove paper
19th centuryFrenchTransparent watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack wash and white gouache over graphite on brown paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk, brown ink, brown and blue washes and white gouache on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrenchWatercolor and graphite
19th centuryFrench