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View of Church Interior
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View of Church Interior

Charles Michel-Ange Challe, French, 1718 – 1778 · 1742–46 · Pen and brown and gray ink, brush and wash, watercolor, black chalk on paper, lined with various sheets of paper with printed text in French

From the collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Depiction of a church interior. The view shown from an oblique angle, depicts a vast, vaulted hall that leads into another, colonnaded hall. A sepulchral monument is positioned above the arched opening (at the transition to the next hall). Numerous sculptures and monuments are positioned in wall niches in the main hall. Three small figures and a dog are standing at center. Additional groups of people are visible in the distance.

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Credit lineView of Church Interior. 1742–46. Charles Michel-Ange Challe, French, 1718 – 1778. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council. CC0.

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