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Portrait study of an unidentified Greek Priest with illuminated book, possibly Deacon Photias
Portrait study of an unidentified Greek Priest with illuminated book, possibly Deacon Photias

Portrait study of an unidentified Greek Priest with illuminated book, possibly Deacon Photias

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Object Details

Title:
Portrait study of an unidentified Greek Priest with illuminated book, possibly Deacon Photias
Date:
1928
Artist:
Medium:
Pastel and watercolor on light brown paper mounted on larger sheet of same
Dimensions
19 x 12 3/8 in.
Classification
Drawings-watercolors
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[within "frame" upper right in graphite]: V.O. / Athens / 1928; [verso lower left in graphite]: Greek priest, Athens, Greece / with illuminated book; [verso bottom left in graphite]: V.O.

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