Woman in black dress and fringed shawl beside a dark wooden confessional, holding a handkerchief, with a chair at right.

Leaving the Confessional (In Church)

A woman in a black dress and fringed grey-brown shawl stands at the open side of a dark carved wooden confessional, holding a white handkerchief, her head tilted beneath a black bonnet. A wooden chair with a rush seat stands at right, and a checked cloth hangs at left.

Artist: James Tissot
Date: 1865
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Size: 1783 × 3131 px

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Public domain · James Tissot died 1902 and the work dates by 1865; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): James Tissot, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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