Caricature of Georges-Auguste Couthon (called Aristide, 1756-1794), President of the Convention in 1793, on the way to the guillotine on July 28, 1794 (10 Thermidor, An II)

Provenance

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Artist: Baron Dominique Vivant Denon (French, Givry 1747–1825 Paris)
Date: ca. 1794
Medium: Pen, black ink over black chalk
Dimensions: 5 3/16 x 4 1/16 in. (13.1 x 10.3 cm) Including added strip 1/2 in. on top.
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1962
Accession no.: 62.119.6b

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.