Battle of the Pyramids, July 21, 1798
Medium
Pen and black ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white on beige washed paper; squared in graphite
Dimensions
15 3/4 x 29 1/2 in. (41.8 x 75.1 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1951
Accession Number
51.122
Tags
BattlesSoldiersHorses
About the Artist
François André Vincent|baron Antoine Jean Gros · 1746–1816
French painter and draughtsman. He was one of the principal innovators in French art of the 1770s and 1780s, in the field of both Neo-classical subjects and themes from national history. Comment on works: Portraits; History