Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps and Gihaut frères
Sketches of woodcutters and a faggot bearer
1830-31
Scroll
- Artist: Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps
- Printer/Publisher: Gihaut frères
Sketches of woodcutters and a faggot bearer
1830-31
Physical Qualities
Crayon lithograph, Sheet: 228 x 288 mm. (9 x 11 5/16 in.)
Image: 135 x 202 mm. (5 5/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series
Plate 1 from the series "Croquis"
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
1996.48.5523
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
Phillip Dennis Cate. Circa 1800: The Beginnings of Modern Printmaking, 1775-1835. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University, 1981, cat. no. 57, fig. 72 (published as “Croquis”).
Inscribed: Signed in stone: lower left "DC" Inscribed in stone: upper center "1."; lower left "Imp. Lith. de Gihaut Frères éditeurs"; lower right "Boulevard des Italiens No.5"
Markings: Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c)
