Cossack Escort to the Border of Kuban, Taman (Central Russia), October 11, 1837
Medium
Lithograph in black on ivory chine laid down on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 19.3 × 26.8 cm (7 5/8 × 10 9/16 in.); Primary support: 19.3 × 26.8 cm (7 5/8 × 10 9/16 in.); Secondary support: 20.6 × 28.2 cm (8 1/8 × 11 1/8 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
48640
About the Artist
Denis Auguste Marie Raffet · 1804–1860
Denis Auguste Marie Raffet (1804–1860) was born in Paris and displayed an early aptitude for drawing, though his initial apprenticeship was to a wood turner. He pursued art through evening classes and, at age eighteen, joined the workshop of Cabanel as a porcelain painter, where he met Rudor, who taught him lithography. Raffet studied under Nicolas Toussaint Charlet from 1824 to 1829 and completed...