Greek Church, Bucharest, Wallachia, July 15, 1837
Medium
Lithograph in black on ivory chine laid down on buff wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 19.5 × 28.1 cm (7 11/16 × 11 1/8 in.); Primary support: 19.5 × 28.1 cm (7 11/16 × 11 1/8 in.); Secondary support: 34.9 × 45.9 cm (13 3/4 × 18 1/8 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
48556
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...