Antonio Canova
Henri Grevedon
1826
Medium
lithograph on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 55.7 × 37.2 cm (21 15/16 × 14 5/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
2020.40.2
About the Artist
Henri Grevedon
Pierre-Louis Henri Grévedon (1776-1860) was a French painter, miniaturist, engraver, and lithographer whose career spanned the tumultuous period from the French Revolution through the Bourbon Restoration, July Monarchy, and into the Second Empire. Born in Paris to an officer in King Louis XVI's guard, Grévedon demonstrated precocious talent, enrolling at the Paris Academy at age eight and winning ...