id: 154305
accession number: 1989.101
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url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1989.101
updated: 2023-01-27 17:32:19.535000
The Meeting of Orestes and Hermione, c. 1800. Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson (French, 1767–1824). Pen and brown and black ink, point of brush and brown and gray wash, with black chalk and graphite, heightened with white gouache, on cream wove paper; sheet: 28.5 x 21.8 cm (11 1/4 x 8 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1989.101
title: The Meeting of Orestes and Hermione
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creation date: c. 1800
creation date earliest: 1795
creation date latest: 1805
current location: 101B Prints & Drawings
creditline: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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culture: France, early 19th Century
technique: pen and brown and black ink, point of brush and brown and gray wash, with black chalk and graphite, heightened with white gouache, on cream wove paper
department: Drawings
collection: DR - French
type: Drawing
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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: Sheet: 28.5 x 21.8 cm (11 1/4 x 8 9/16 in.)
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description: cream(1) wove paper
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inscription: signed, lower left, in brown ink: ALG [artist’s monogram] / INV.; lower left, in black chalk: A L GIRODET INV.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Year in Review for 1989
opening date: 1990-02-06T05:00:00
The Year in Review for 1989. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 6-April 15, 1990).
title: Directions in Drawing: 1750-1988
opening date: 1991-04-02T04:00:00
Directions in Drawing: 1750-1988. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 2-August 4, 1991).
title: Visions of Antiquity: Neoclassical Figure Drawing
opening date: 1993-07-22T04:00:00
Visions of Antiquity: Neoclassical Figure Drawing. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (organizer) (July 22-September 19, 1993); Philadelphia Museum of Art (October 30, 1993-January 2, 1994); Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN (February 6-April 3, 1994).
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: Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2000-08-27T00:00:00
Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 27-October 17, 2000); The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY (May 23-August 19, 2001); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX (October 14, 2001-January 6, 2002).
title: Girodet: Romantic Rebel
opening date: 2005-09-19T00:00:00
Girodet: Romantic Rebel. Musée du Louvre, Paris, France (September 19, 2005-January 2, 2006); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (May 22-August 27, 2006).
title: Treasures on Paper from the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2014-03-09T00:00:00
Treasures on Paper from the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 9-June 8, 2014).
title: Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings
opening date: 2016-07-16T04:00:00
Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 16-November 6, 2016).
title: Nineteenth-Century French Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2023-01-20T05:00:00
Nineteenth-Century French Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 20-April 30, 2023).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Salon de 1800. Musée du Louvre, Paris (1800).
Master Drawings, 1760–1880. W. M. Brady & Co., New York (May 2–22, 1990).
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PROVENANCE
Pierre Didot l’Ainé [1760–1853], Paris, given with other drawings in vellum edition to his brother, Firmin Didot
date: ?-?
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Firmin Didot [1764–1836], Paris
date: ?-1810
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