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The Monks
François Marius Granetc. 1802-30
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
The French artist François Granet traveled to Rome in 1802, where he became fascinated by the lives of monks and priests, and the cloistered interiors where they lived and worked. For most of his career, these figures and settings remained the primary subject of his work. This drawing shows one such group in the midst of private study and contemplation.
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- Title: The Monks
- Creator: François Marius Granet (French, 1775-1849)
- Date Created: c. 1802-30
- Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 35 x 25.2 cm (13 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.); Primary mount: 37 x 27.4 cm (14 9/16 x 10 13/16 in.); Secondary mount: 43.4 x 37.1 cm (17 1/16 x 14 5/8 in.)
- Provenance: Georges Martin du Nord/Galerie B.G. Verte, Paris, France, Mrs. Muriel Butkin [1915-2008], the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.1059
- Medium: watercolor, pen and brown ink on laid paper
- Inscriptions: Watermark: BLAUW and five-pointed star on primary support, on mount, at center, in black ink: “GRANET.”, in black ink, at lower right: “Granet”
- Fun Fact: In addition to working as an artist, Granet served as curator of the Musée du Louvre beginning in 1824.
- Department: Drawings
- Culture: France, 18th-19th century
- Credit Line: Bequest of Muriel Butkin
- Collection: DR - French
- Accession Number: 2018.1059
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