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accession number:	1968.253.a
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Receuil d'essais lithographiques:  Portrait of M. Coupin de La Couperie, 1816. Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson (French, 1767–1824). Lithograph; image: 22.5 x 18.4 cm (8 7/8 x 7 1/4 in.); overall: 31 x 24.2 cm (12 3/16 x 9 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection 1968.253.a

title:				Receuil d'essais lithographiques:  Portrait of M. Coupin de La Couperie
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creation date:			1816
creation date earliest:		1816
creation date latest:		1816
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creditline:			Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection
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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	lithograph
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Lithograph
type:		Bound Volume
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catalogue raisonne: Beraldi VII.162/162 ; Inv. du fonds français après1800 IX.169.1

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* 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: Image: 22.5 x 18.4 cm (8 7/8 x 7 1/4 in.); Overall: 31 x 24.2 cm (12 3/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
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