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Sepia charcoal drawing of a young figure with curled dark hair and a white collar, reading an open book at a table.

The Little Abbot Reading the Ramayana

A young figure with curled dark hair and a pleated white collar sits at a table, bending over an open book whose pages the reader touches with one hand. Rendered in charcoal and black chalk with stumping and erasing on tan paper, the soft tones fade into a shadowy background.

Artist
Odilon Redon
Date
1883
Medium
Charcoal with black chalk, stumping, scraping and erasing, on dark cream wove paper, discolored to tan. Ruled in pale red-orange pastel. Off
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2293 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1883).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, David Adler Collection

Español: El pequeño abad leyendo el Ramayana

Una figura joven de cabello oscuro y rizado y cuello blanco plisado se sienta a una mesa, inclinada sobre un libro abierto cuyas páginas toca con una mano. Realizada en carboncillo y tiza negra, con difuminado y borrado sobre papel color tabaco, los tonos suaves se desvanecen en un fondo sombrío.

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