Photo of collection object Egyptian Family (Sketch for "The Battle of the Pyramids") — Gros, Antoine-Jean. Egyptian Family (Sketch for "The Battle of the Pyramids"), c. 1835. oil on linen, Framed: 377.2 x 154.9 x 12.7 cm (148 1/2 x 61 x 5 in.); Unframed: 353.1 x 132.1 cm (139 x 52 in.); Former: 306.8 x 131.5 cm (120 13/16 x 51 3/4 in.). John L. Severance Fund, 1972.17.2. CC0.

Egyptian Family (Sketch for "The Battle of the Pyramids")

c. 1835

Antoine-Jean Gros

Antoine-Jean Gros (French, 1771–1835)

Modern European Painting and Sculpture

Egyptian Family (Sketch for "The Battle of the Pyramids"), c. 1835. Antoine-Jean Gros (French, 1771–1835). Oil on linen; framed: 377.2 x 154.9 x 12.7 cm (148 1/2 x 61 x 5 in.); unframed: 353.1 x 132.1 cm (139 x 52 in.); former: 306.8 x 131.5 cm (120 13/16 x 51 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1972.17.2

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Gros, Antoine-Jean
Classification: Painting
Formatted Medium: oil on linen
Medium: oil, linen
Dimensions: Framed: 377.2 x 154.9 x 12.7 cm (148 1/2 x 61 x 5 in.); Unframed: 353.1 x 132.1 cm (139 x 52 in.); Former: 306.8 x 131.5 cm (120 13/16 x 51 3/4 in.)
Departments: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Accession Number: 1972.17.2
Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
Exhibitions: Gros's studio, Paris, 14, rue de l'Ancienne-Comédie. (mid-July 1835, according to Tripier le Franc 1880, 632). <br>Colmar, Musée d'Unterlinden. (1920-55). Long-term loan.<br>Paris, Petit Palais. Gros, ses amis, ses élèves (1936), no. 57.<br>New York, Jacques Seligmann & Co.; Minneapolis Institute of Arts; cma. Baron Antoine-Jean Gros (1771-1835), Painter of Battles, the First Romantic Painter (1955-56), no. 2, pls. 2a-b, private collection, Paris.
Rights Statement: CC0
Museum Location: 201 French Neoclassical Painting & Sculpture

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