Object number1983.40.1

Scene from "Gargantua"

Date1875

Artist Gustave Doré (French, 1832-1883)

CultureFrench

MediumWatercolor over pencil on paper

DimensionsMatted: 16 x 22 in. (40.64 x 55.88 cm)
Sheet: 13 1/16 x 19 1/2 in. (33.18 x 49.53 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. R. Kirk Askew, Jr.

On View

Not on view

Period19th c

Classification(s)

Drawings and Watercolors

SignedSigned (LL): Gve Dorè / 1875

BibliographyFantasy and Faith: the Art of Gustave Dore (Norfolk: Chrysler Museum of Art, 2004)

Vassar Exhibitions

Catching Light: European and American Watercolors from the Permanent Collection

Exhibition HistoryPoughkeepsie, NY, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, "Catching Light: European and American Watercolors from the Permanent Collection," May 8- July 26, 2009.

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