id:			105365
accession number:	1923.50
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1923.50
updated:		2023-08-29 11:33:44.418000

Fighting Animals, fourth quarter 18th century or first third 19th century. Carle Vernet (French, 1758–1836). Grpahite and black chalk with stumping [both have been stumped] heightened with white chalk; framing lines in black chalk; sheet: 31.8 x 40.7 cm (12 1/2 x 16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Louise M. Pierce 1923.50

title:				Fighting Animals
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creation date:			fourth quarter 18th century or first third 19th century
creation date earliest:		1758
creation date latest:		1836
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creditline:			Gift of Louise M. Pierce
copyright:			

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culture:	France, late 18th-19th Century
technique:	grpahite and black chalk with stumping [both have been stumped] heightened with white chalk; framing lines in black chalk
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - French
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Carle Vernet (French, 1758–1836)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 31.8 x 40.7 cm (12 1/2 x 16 in.)
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support materials:

	description:	brown wove paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	signed, lower left, in black chalk: Vernet [underlined]
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Drawings in the Classic and Romantic Tradition before 1830
	opening date:   1932-12-07T05:00:00
	<i>Drawings in the Classic and Romantic Tradition before 1830</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 7, 1932-January 8, 1933).

	title:		Drawings from the Museum Collection
	opening date:   1940-07-11T04:00:00
	<i>Drawings from the Museum Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 11-October 3, 1940).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (July 11-Oct. 3, 1940).<br>CMA, Drawings from 1630 to 1830 in the Classic and Romantic Tradition (Dec. 7, 1932-Jan. 11, 1933).<br>CMA, An Exhibition of Drawings (1924), cma Bulletin 11 (1924), p. 142.

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PROVENANCE

	unidentified collector's mark, lower left, stamped in black ink (Lugt 846)
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