About this artwork
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artists:C.M.F. Dien (born about 1782) French, Blaise Cendrars (1887 - 1961) Swiss, Fernand Léger (1881 - 1955) French
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title:Two studies for compositions of the Madonna and Child
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date created:Unknown
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after:Raphael (Raffaello Santi) (1483 - 1520) Italian
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materials:Crayon-manner on paper
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measurements:Plate mark: 26.00 x 29.90 x cm
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object type:
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credit line:Transferred from the Scottish National Portrait Gallery
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accession number:P 5796
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Fernand Léger
Fernand Léger
Born in Normandy, Léger settled in Paris in 1902, where he was apprenticed to an architect. His first cubist paintings date from 1909. He was a major figure in the cubist movement, although his work featured bold tubular shapes instead of the fragmentation seen in the paintings of Picasso or Braque...