A Cardinal Examining a Painting in a Cloister

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

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Artist: François Marius Granet (French, Aix-en-Provence 1775–1849 Aix-en-Provence)
Date: first half 19th century
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, watercolor, over black chalk
Dimensions: 7 11/16 x 10 1/4 in. (19.5 x 26 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1990
Accession no.: 1990.3

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François-Marius Granet
c. 1826 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006058
Homage to a Bishop
François-Marius Granet
1839 · Painting
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00010345
The Monks
François-Marius Granet
c. 1802–30 · Drawing
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00011329
The Choir of the Capuchin Church in Rome
François-Marius Granet
1814–15 · Painting
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of Art
AT-00015091