A Costumed Actor in Front of a Curtain by Gustave Doré — Gustave Doré. A Costumed Actor in Front of a Curtain. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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A Costumed Actor in Front of a Curtain

by Gustave Doré

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Artist: Gustave Doré (French, Strasbourg 1832–1883 Paris)
Medium: Pen and black ink, graphite, heightened with white
Dimensions: 7 3/16 x 5 1/2 in. (18.3 x 14 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession no.: 59.600.266

Provenance

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s open-access data does not include an ownership history for this work. See the museum’s page for this work.

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