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Storming of La Bastille, 14 July 1789

Denis-Auguste-Marie Raffet

Storming of La Bastille, 14 July 1789

1832

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Storming of La Bastille, 14 July 1789

Denis-Auguste-Marie Raffet

Storming of La Bastille, 14 July 1789

Denis-Auguste-Marie Raffet

Storming of La Bastille, 14 July 1789

1832

Physical Qualities Etching on chine collé, Sheet: 169 × 214 mm. (6 5/8 × 8 7/16 in.) Plate: 114 × 160 mm. (4 1/2 × 6 5/16 in.)
Credit Line The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number 1996.48.11349
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art, through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris

Inscribed: below image, lower left, in plate "Dessiné et gravé a l'eau-forte par Raffet 1832."; below image, center, in plate "LA BASTILLE"

Markings: None

Artist

Denis-Auguste-Marie Raffet

French, 1804-1860

French, 1804-1860
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PRINTS, DRAWINGS & PHOTOGRAPHS
THE CAPTAIN OF GENIUS
Denis-Auguste-Marie Raffet and Gihaut frères
The Captain of Genius
1838
A VISIT TO THE LIBRARY. - LISTEN WOMAN... THEY HAVE TOLD US NOT TO DISTURB THE PEOPLE SITTING HERE, BECAUSE THEY ARE WORKING. - WHAT DO YOU MEAN WORKING... THEY ARE JUST FEIGNING TO BE WORKING... IN REALITY THEY AREN'T MOVING AT ALL! --- VISITORS FROM THE PROVINCE WHO INSIST ON OVERLOOKING PARIS FROM THE TOP OF THE JULY COLUMN, CONVINCED THAT THE REVOLUTION OF 1830 WAS ONLY MADE IN ORDER TO HAVE A PRETEXT TO BUILD AN OBSERVATORY ON THE PLACE
Honoré Daumier
A visit to the Library. - Listen woman... they have told us not to disturb the people sitting here, because they are working. - What do you mean working... they are just feigning to be working... in reality they aren't moving at all! --- Visitors from the province who insist on overlooking Paris from the top of the July Column, convinced that the revolution of 1830 was only made in order to have a pretext to build an observatory on the Place de la Bastille.
1853
COMBAT OF OUED-ALLEG
Denis-Auguste-Marie Raffet, Auguste Bry, and others
Combat of Oued-Alleg
1840
NUMBERS AND TREES, TIERGARTEN SERIES 3: TREE #4, JULY
Charles Gaines and Paulson Fontaine Press
Numbers and Trees, Tiergarten Series 3: Tree #4, July
2018
LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURE SEATED ON A HILLSIDE [TOP]; LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES NEAR A CROSS [BOTTOM]
Denis-Auguste-Marie Raffet and Auguste Delâtre
Landscape with Figure Seated on a Hillside [top]; Landscape with Figures near a Cross [bottom]
n.d.
LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURE SEATED ON A HILLSIDE
Denis-Auguste-Marie Raffet and Auguste Delâtre
Landscape with Figure Seated on a Hillside
n.d.
WOGLINDE (JULY)
Koloman Moser
Woglinde (July)
1901
LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURE SEATED ON A HILLSIDE
Denis-Auguste-Marie Raffet
Landscape with Figure Seated on a Hillside
n.d.
THE MADELEINE-BASTILLE BUS LINE. A TRIFLE, A NOTHING... AND THE BUS IS FULL.
Honoré Daumier
The Madeleine-Bastille Bus Line. A trifle, a nothing... and the bus is full.
1862
STUDIO SCENE WITH TWO MALE FIGURES, ONE IN FRONT OF AN EASEL
Denis-Auguste-Marie Raffet
Studio Scene with Two Male Figures, One in Front of an Easel
n.d.
JULY
Eugène Samuel Grasset
July
1886