Two Arabs, for The Revolt of Cairo
c. 1810
Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson
Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson (French, 1767–1824)
Drawings
Two Arabs, for The Revolt of Cairo, c. 1810. Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson (French, 1767–1824). Black chalk heightened with white chalk, with traces of blue chalk; sheet: 45.4 x 41.2 cm (17 7/8 x 16 1/4 in.); secondary support: 50.4 x 45.2 cm (19 13/16 x 17 13/16 in.); tertiary support: 50.4 x 45.2 cm (19 13/16 x 17 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1973.172
- Maker/Artist
- Girodet de Roucy-Trioson, Anne-Louis
- Classification
- Drawing
- Formatted Medium
- black chalk heightened with white chalk, with traces of blue chalk
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 45.4 x 41.2 cm (17 7/8 x 16 1/4 in.); Secondary Support: 50.4 x 45.2 cm (19 13/16 x 17 13/16 in.); Tertiary Support: 50.4 x 45.2 cm (19 13/16 x 17 13/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: SECONDARY SUPPORT, lower left, in black ink: Etude pour "la bataille du Caire" ; lower center, in black ink: Gitodet ; VERSO, upper left, in graphite: Girodet [underlined] ; upper cener, in graphite: Etude pour la bataille du Caire (Musée de Versailles) ; ON A SEPERATELY APPLIED PIECE OF PAPER, verso, center, printed in black ink: Quai Malaquais Nº 19, / MALARD / Sussefseur de M. Gerset, / Fait l'Encadermentet le Collage des Dessins, / Gravures, Passe-Partouts, &c, &c. / A PARIS ; ON A FRAME BACKING (now removed, fragment in departmental file), in black ink: Girodet de Roucy Trioson / Etude pour la "bataille du Caire" (musée de Versailles) [parentheses part of inscription] / - anc. coll de musigny ; ON A SEPERATELY APPLIED PIECE OF PAPER (on an old backing, on removed and in departmental file), printed in black ink: GIRODET / 108. --- Combat entre un Français et un Arabe / Pierre noire, rehaussée / Vente [illegible] 6 Déc. 1903 [the last line inscribed in black ink]
- Departments
- Drawings
- Accession Number
- 1973.172
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1973, Idea to Image: Preparatory Studies from the Renaissance to Impressionism, Rococo, Revolution, Restoration, French Drawings from the Collection, Girodet: Romantic Rebel, CMA, "Gallery J--Drawings" (July 29, 1975-Feb. 1976?) (is among a list of drawings in Gallery J, this list being found at the end of a list of prints that were in other galleries from July 29, 1975-Feb. 1976 for a little show called "The Vocabulary of Prints"--see exhs. file). <br>New York, Shepherd Gallery, Ingres and Delacroix through Degas and Puvis de Chavannes: The Figure in French Art, 1800-1870 (1975), no. 6, illus.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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