CHARLES GARNIER (Paris, 1825-1898) INTERIOR OF THE CHURCH OF SANTA MARIA MAGGIORE, TUSCANIA Watercolour and ink Signed ? lower left, located ? and dated "49" lower right in pen and brown ink. Lined Interior of the church of Santa Maria Maggiore of Tuscania, watercolour and ink, signed, located ? and dated, mounted on cardboard 37,70 x 26,50 CM - 14,8 x 10,4 IN. A pupil of Lebas at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, he was awarded the Grand Prix de Rome in 1848 for a project for a Conservatoire des arts et métiers. From the left side aisle, Charles Garnier captures the details of an Italian Romanesque church, in particular the richly sculpted marble flesh and the altar in the background.