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accession number: 1965.310
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Sketch for "The Revolt at Cairo", c. 1809. Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson (French, 1767–1824). Oil on paper, mounted on paper and canvas; framed: 25 x 33 x 6.5 cm (9 13/16 x 13 x 2 9/16 in.); unframed: 15.2 x 23.3 cm (6 x 9 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Eugene Victor Thaw 1965.310
title: Sketch for "The Revolt at Cairo"
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creation date: c. 1809
creation date earliest: 1804
creation date latest: 1814
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creditline: Gift of Eugene Victor Thaw
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culture: France, 19th century
technique: oil on paper, mounted on paper and canvas
department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson (French, 1767–1824) - artist
On the advice of his architecture instructor Étienne-Louis Boullée (1728-1799), Girodet enrolled in the atelier of David (q.v.) in 1783 to study painting, working alongside other young artists like Gros (q.v.) and Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Wicar (1762-1834) who were also taught in David's neoclassical style. Girodet's early works display the influence of David in the linear and sculptural quality of his figures. After three consecutive years of competing for the Prix de Rome, he finally won at his fourth effort in 1789. Later that year the Revolution broke out in France and Girodet made numerous drawings of the fall of the Bastille. In 1790 he left for Italy where he stayed for five years. During that time his style changed and softened under the influence of the works of Leonardo (1452-1519) and Correggio (1489/94-1534). Girodet strove to be unique and original in his depictions and even went to great lengths to oppose David's neoclassicism. His new interest in atmospheric and light effects differed from that of his teacher. He made a name for himself at the Salon of 1793, with his submission of Sleep of Endymion (Musée du Louvre, Paris). After his return to Paris from Italy, Girodet became known as a portrait painter and accepted numerous commissions, but many of them were either late in delivery or never completed. Girodet's tendency to interpret commissions to prove his own originality often offended and alienated his patrons. He did not find official success at the Salon again until 1808 and produced little after 1815.
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measurements: Framed: 25 x 33 x 6.5 cm (9 13/16 x 13 x 2 9/16 in.); Unframed: 15.2 x 23.3 cm (6 x 9 3/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review: 1965
opening date: 1965-10-27T04:00:00
Year in Review: 1965. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27-November 14, 1965).
title: French Nineteenth Century Oil Sketches: David to Degas
opening date: 1978-03-05T05:00:00
French Nineteenth Century Oil Sketches: David to Degas. Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, Chapel Hill, NC (organizer) (March 5-April 30, 1978).
title: Idea to Image: Preparatory Studies from the Renaissance to Impressionism
opening date: 1980-02-19T05:00:00
Idea to Image: Preparatory Studies from the Renaissance to Impressionism. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 19-March 23, 1980).
title: Goya: das Zeitalter der Revolutionen, 1789-1830 (Goya: The Age of Revolutions, 1789-1830)
opening date: 1980-10-16T04:00:00
Goya: das Zeitalter der Revolutionen, 1789-1830 (Goya: The Age of Revolutions, 1789-1830). Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany (organizer) (October 16, 1980-January 4, 1981).
title: Triumph und Tod des Helden (Triumph and Death of the Hero): European History Painting from Rubens to Manet
opening date: 1987-10-30T05:00:00
Triumph und Tod des Helden (Triumph and Death of the Hero): European History Painting from Rubens to Manet. Wallraf-Richartz Museum, 50667 Cologne, Germany (organizer) (October 30, 1987-January 10, 1988); Kunsthaus Zürich, CH-8024 Zürich, Switzerland (March 3-April 24, 1988); Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, 69001 Lyon, France (May 19-July 17, 1988).
title: French Drawings from the Collection
opening date: 1994-12-13T05:00:00
French Drawings from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 13, 1994-March 12, 1995).
title: Girodet: Romantic Rebel
opening date: 2005-09-19T00:00:00
Girodet: Romantic Rebel. The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (February 11-April 30, 2006); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (May 22-August 27, 2006); Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (October 12, 2006-January 21, 2007).
title: Egyptomania: Fashion's Conflicted Obsession
opening date: 2023-04-01T04:00:00
Egyptomania: Fashion's Conflicted Obsession. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 1, 2023-January 28, 2024).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Kansas City, Nelson Atkins Museum. The Taste of Napoleon (1969), no. 35.', 'opening_date': '1969-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Chapel Hill, William Hayes Ackland Memorial Art Center, University of North Carolina. French Nineteenth Century Oil Sketches: David to Degas (1978), no. 39, fig. 39.', 'opening_date': '1978-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'cma; Brooklyn Museum; Saint Louis Art Museum; Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum. The Realist Tradition: French Painting and Drawing 1830-1900 (1980-82), 72-73 (repr.). Text by Gabriel P. Weisberg.', 'opening_date': '1900-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Kunsthalle Hamburg. Goya: Das Zeitalter der Revolutionen 1789-1830 (1981), 534, no. 393, pl. xx.', 'opening_date': '1981-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Providence, Bell Gallery, Brown University. All the Banners Wave: Art and War in the Romantic Era 1792-1851 (1982), no. 11b (repr.).', 'opening_date': '1982-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester (N.Y.); Neuberger Museum, State University of New York at Purchase. Orientalism: The Near East in French Painting, 1800-1880 (1982), no. 45, fig. 14.', 'opening_date': '1982-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum; Kunsthaus Zürich; Lyons, Musée des Beaux-Arts. Triumph und Tod des Helden: Europäische Historienmalerei von Rubens bis Manet (1987-88), no. 134 (repr.).', 'opening_date': '1987-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Art Institute of Chicago, IL (2/11/2006 - 4/30/2006), Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC (5/22/2006 - 8/27/2006) and the Musée des Beaux Arts, Montréal (10/12/2006 - 1/21/2007): "Girodet: Romantic Rebel" (Paris: Musée du Louvre Êdition ©2005), ex. cat. 56, p. 317.', 'opening_date': '2006-02-11T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Paris sale, Drouot, collection Coutan-Hauguet, 16-17 December 1889 (lot 16), "Géricault [annotation gives: Girodet]: Révolte du Caire, 21 Octobre 1798, première pensée: esquisse," 15 x 24 cm, for ff 309 to Guillon [annotated]. Eugene Victor Thaw, New York. Given to the CMA in 1965.
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CITATIONS
Argencourt, Louise d', and Roger Diederen. Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 4. European Paintings of the 19th Century. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 298-300, Vol. I, no. 107
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Bellenger, Sylvain, ed. Girodet, 1767-1824. [Paris, France]: Gallimard, 2006.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 316-319, cat. 56
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Lisby, Darnell-Jamal. “Egyptomania: Engaging the conflicted obsession." Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 63, no. 1 (2023): 12-15.
page number: Reproduced: P. 12.
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