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Two Arabs, for The Revolt of Cairo

Two Arabs, for The Revolt of Cairo

c. 1810
(French, 1767–1824)
France, 19th century
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.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1973.172
Location: not on view
  • Musigny (according to inscription on old frame backing). [sale, 6 December 1903] (according to inscription on old frame backing). [Walter Goetz]
  • "The Year in Review for 1973." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 61, no. 2 (1974): 31-78. p. 75 no. 77, illus. p. 47. 25152513
    Johnson, Mark M. Idea to Image: Preparatory Studies from the Renaissance to Impressionism. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1980. pp. 72-3, illus.
    Bellenger, Sylvain, ed. Girodet, 1767-1824. [Paris, France]: Gallimard, 2006. Reproduced: p. 315, cat. 63
  • Girodet: Romantic Rebel. The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (February 11-April 30, 2006); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (May 22-August 27, 2006); Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (October 12, 2006-January 21, 2007).
    French Drawings from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 13, 1994-March 12, 1995).
    Rococo, Revolution, Restoration. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 11-September 24, 1989).
    Idea to Image: Preparatory Studies from the Renaissance to Impressionism. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 19-March 23, 1980).
    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).
    New York, Shepherd Gallery, Ingres and Delacroix through Degas and Puvis de Chavannes: The Figure in French Art, 1800-1870 (1975), no. 6, illus.
    Year in Review: 1973. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 30-March 17, 1974).
  • {{cite web|title=Two Arabs, for The Revolt of Cairo|url=false|author=Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson|year=c. 1810|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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