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Portrait of a Lady

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In drawing: Charcoal
In Portrait of a Lady, by the 19th-century French painter Édouard Manet, the grain of the wood in the chair, the fur trimming on the dress, the compactness of the coiffure, and the softness of the flesh are all rendered in the same material: charcoal. Popular…
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