Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00002286The Giants are Captured
by Gustave Doré
Provenance
Sold by Stephen Spector, New York, to the Art Institute, 1963.
Exhibition history
New York, Wildenstein and Company, "Master Drawings from the Art Institute of Chicago," October 17-November 30, 1963, n.p., cat. 96. Chicago, The Arts Club, “The Horse as Motif,” January 15-February 22, 1975. Paris, Musée du Louvre, "Dessins français de l’Art Institute de Chicago de Watteau à Picasso," October 15, 1976-January 17, 1977, n.p., cat. 53 (ill.). Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut, "Französische Zeichnungen aus dem Art Institute of Chicago," February 10-April 10, 1977, pp. 110-111, cat. 52 (ill.).
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Gustave Doré / French, 1832-1883
- Date
- c. 1879
- Medium
- Watercolor, with touches of brush and brown ink, over graphite, on cream wove board
- Dimensions
- 44.5 × 36.5 cm (17 9/16 × 14 3/8 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- watercolor
- Place
- France
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- Olivia Shaler Swan Memorial Collection
- Accession no.
- 1963.32
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