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Sketch for "The Revolt at Cairo"
About the Artwork
Throughout the 1800s and into the 1900s, prints, paintings, and photographs, like Louis Haghe’s Egypt and Nubia series, brought back by artists who voyaged to Egypt, inspired American and European artists, architects, and designers to emulate ancient Egyptian motifs and styles. Egyptomania blossomed through the 1800s and can be seen in architecture around cities like Washington, DC, and in the interiors of aristocratic homes, as well as in funerary monuments, such as in Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio. Looking back at these creations provides an interesting historical groundwork for debating who has the right to interpret Egyptian motifs and styles.
Provenance
Paris sale, Drouot, collection Coutan-Hauguet, 16-17 December 1889 (lot 16), "Géricault [annotation gives: Girodet]: Révolte du Caire, 21 Octobre 1798, première pensée: esquisse," 15 x 24 cm, for ff 309 to Guillon [annotated]. Eugene Victor Thaw, New York. Given to the CMA in 1965.
Exhibition history
Year in Review: 1965. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27-November 14, 1965). French Nineteenth Century Oil Sketches: David to Degas. Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, Chapel Hill, NC (organizer) (March 5-April 30, 1978). Idea to Image: Preparatory Studies from the Renaissance to Impressionism. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 19-March 23, 1980). Goya: das Zeitalter der Revolutionen, 1789-1830 (Goya: The Age of Revolutions, 1789-1830). Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany (organizer) (October 16, 1980-January 4, 1981). Triumph und Tod des Helden (Triumph and Death of the Hero): European History Painting from Rubens to Manet. Wallraf-Richartz Museum, 50667 Cologne, Germany (organizer) (October 30, 1987-January 10, 1988); Kunsthaus Zürich, CH-8024 Zürich, Switzerland (March 3-April 24, 1988); Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, 69001 Lyon, France (May 19-July 17, 1988). French Drawings from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 13, 1994-March 12, 1995). 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). Egyptomania: Fashion’s Conflicted Obsession. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 1, 2023-January 28, 2024).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson (French, 1767–1824)
- Date
- c. 1809
- Medium
- oil on paper, mounted on paper and canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 25 x 33 x 6.5 cm (9 13/16 x 13 x 2 9/16 in.); Unframed: 15.2 x 23.3 cm (6 x 9 3/16 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Gift of Eugene Victor Thaw
- Accession no.
- 1965.310
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