Two Arabs, for The Revolt of Cairo

Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Triosonc. 1810

The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Title: Two Arabs, for The Revolt of Cairo
Creator: Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson (French, 1767-1824)
Date Created: c. 1810
Physical 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.)
Provenance: Musigny (according to inscription on old frame backing). [sale, 6 December 1903] (according to inscription on old frame backing). [Walter Goetz]
Type: Drawing
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1973.172
Medium: black chalk heightened with white chalk, with traces of blue chalk
Inscriptions: 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]
Department: Drawings
Culture: France, 19th century
Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Collection: DR - French
Accession Number: 1973.172

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