Nymphe et Faune

Inscriptions

Signed and dated, lower left in red chalk: O Tassaert/1860

Alexandre Dumas fils; Cheramy (sale, May 5 & 7, 1908, # 409); Beurdeley (sale, Dec. 2, 1920, possibly #396 as "Jeux de nymphe et de faune").

Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

Artist: Octave Tassaert (French, 1800–1874)
Date: 1800s
Medium: red chalk heightened with white chalk on off-white wove paper, pasted down.
Dimensions: Sheet: 33.8 x 25.1 cm (13 5/16 x 9 7/8 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawing
Department: Drawings
Credit line: Bequest of Muriel Butkin
Accession no.: 2009.302

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