The Supper after the Masked Ball

Thomas CoutureWW-1850-320032

1850·Woodcut with painted and stenciled additions on tan wove paper, laid down on fabric, and stretched on a wooden stretcher·Image: 176 × 245 cm (69 5/16 × 96 1/2 in.); Sheet, sight: 176.8 × 235.9 cm (69 5/8 × 92 7/8 in.)

Zita Cogan, Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Franke, Marjorie Glaser, Inez Heginbotham, Frank Hubachek, Prints and Drawings, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Prussian, and John Winterbotham Memorial Funds; Helen Davis Bailey, Robert M. Chase, Stanley Field, Everett D. Graff, The Hannan Fund, Henry Huxley, William McCallin McKee Memorial, Prints and Drawings, Joseph T. Ryerson, Elizabeth Gott Templeton, and John H. Wrenn Memorial Endowments; through prior acquisitions of Paula Gerard, Katherine Kuh, and Ellen N. LaMotte

Catalogue

Year: 1850
Medium: Woodcut with painted and stenciled additions on tan wove paper, laid down on fabric, and stretched on a wooden stretcher
Dimensions: Image: 176 × 245 cm (69 5/16 × 96 1/2 in.); Sheet, sight: 176.8 × 235.9 cm (69 5/8 × 92 7/8 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Thomas Couture

Artist

Thomas Couture

Painting

Thomas Couture was a French history painter and teacher. He taught many notable contemporary figures of the art world, such as Édouard Manet, Henri Fantin-Latour, John La Farge, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, John Ward Dunsmore, Karel Javůrek, William Morris Hunt, and Joseph-Noël Sylvestre.

Senlis, France

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