Two Soldiers Playing Checkers

1856

Medium	black and red chalk heightened with white chalk with slight touches of pencil and white gouache on paper
Dimensions	Overall: 7 11/16 x 10 13/16 in. (19.6 x 27.5 cm)
Object Number	1955.1656
Acquisition	Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955
Status	Off View

Image Caption

Jean-Léon Gérôme, Two Soldiers Playing Checkers, 1856, black and red chalk heightened with white chalk with slight touches of pencil and white gouache on paper. Clark Art Institute, 1955.1656

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