Who created "A Dramatic Scene with a Fainting Woman"?

A Dramatic Scene with a Fainting Woman was created by Gustave Doré in 1826 to 1850.

When was "A Dramatic Scene with a Fainting Woman" created?

This artwork was created 1826 to 1850.

Is "A Dramatic Scene with a Fainting Woman" in the public domain?

Yes, A Dramatic Scene with a Fainting Woman is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

A Dramatic Scene with a Fainting Woman

Q: What medium is "A Dramatic Scene with a Fainting Woman"?

A Dramatic Scene with a Fainting Woman is graphite with gray wash, heightened with white gouache (partially oxidized) on blue wove paper.

Gustave Doré

1826 to 1850

Medium

graphite with gray wash, heightened with white gouache (partially oxidized) on blue wove paper

Dimensions

sheet: 12.3 x 8.4 cm (4 13/16 x 3 5/16 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Department

CG-E

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

Accession Number

2009.70.108

About the Artist

Gustave Doré · 1832–1883

Gustave Doré (1832–1883) was a French artist who became the most celebrated and prolific illustrator of the nineteenth century, creating iconic visual interpretations of world literature that remain definitive to this day. Born in Strasbourg, he showed extraordinary precocious talent, publishing his first lithographs at age fifteen and securing a contract with a Paris publisher while still a teena...

A Dramatic Scene with a Fainting Woman

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