Sheet of Sketches
<p>As a pioneer of battle vignettes, Denis-Auguste-Marie Raffet depicted many military scenes in sketchbooklike compositions. He began to publish lithographs in 1826, and <em>Sheet of Sketches</em> was one of his early works. This sheet has a seminostalgic, satirical tone, with details of a frantic crowd cheering for a duel between knights and a scene of ritualistic decapitation. Raffet’s lithographs inspired generations of artists and writers, including Honoré de Balzac.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1829
- Dimensions
- Image: 24.1 × 29.7 cm (9 1/2 × 11 3/4 in.); Sheet: 26.3 × 34.9 cm (10 3/8 × 13 3/4 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist
Printmaking
Denis Auguste Marie Raffet (French, 1804-1860)
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Battery no.14, from Souvenirs d’Italie: Expédition de Rome
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Round Way, from Souvenirs d’Italie: Expédition de Rome
1859 · Lithograph in black on warm ivory wove chine laid down on off-white wove paper
Workers Crowning the Breach of Bastion 7, from Souvenirs d’Italie: Expédition de Rome
1859 · Lithograph in black on warm ivory wove chine laid down on off-white wove paper
Capture of the Courtine 6-7, from Souvenirs d’Italie: Expédition de Rome
1859 · Lithograph in black on warm ivory wove chine laid down on off-white wove paper
Record
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- 1829
- Dimensions
- Image: 24.1 × 29.7 cm (9 1/2 × 11 3/4 in.); Sheet: 26.3 × 34.9 cm (10 3/8 × 13 3/4 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1829-087246
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- Status
- verified