Physical Qualities
Crayon lithograph with scraping on chine collé, Sheet: 270 × 342 mm. (10 5/8 × 13 7/16 in.)
Image: 200 × 273 mm. (7 7/8 × 10 3/4 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
1996.48.11376
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
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, "Napoleon, the Cult of the Emperor," June 16, 1967.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "A Continuing Example: Prints and Drawings from the George A. Lucas Collection," 4 February - 9 April 1995.
Jay McKean Fisher, William R. Johnston and Cheryl K. Snay, 'The Essence of Line: French Drawings from Ingres to Degas,' organized by The Walters Art Museum and The Baltimore Museum of Art, circulated to The Walters Art Museum June 19, 2005 - September 11, 2005.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "A Continuing Example: Prints and Drawings from the George A. Lucas Collection," 4 February - 9 April 1995.
Jay McKean Fisher, William R. Johnston and Cheryl K. Snay, 'The Essence of Line: French Drawings from Ingres to Degas,' organized by The Walters Art Museum and The Baltimore Museum of Art, circulated to The Walters Art Museum June 19, 2005 - September 11, 2005.
Baltimore Museum of Art. The Essence of Line: French Drawings from Ingres to Degas. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art; Baltimore, MD: Walters Art Museum; University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2005, page 312, fig. 1.
Inscribed: in image, lower right, on stone "Raffet 1836" In the margin, upper right: "12"; lower left: "T lith. de Gihaut, frères, Editeurs"; lower right: "Boulevard des Italiens, 5"; center: "C'est là la grande revue / Qu'aux Champs-Elysées, / A l'heure de Minuit, / Tient César décédé! . . . (Sedlitz, Poète allemand)
Markings: CM: Maryland Institute Lucas Collection (Lugt 1695c)
Artist
Denis-Auguste-Marie Raffet
French, 1804-1860
French, 1804-1860
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