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Study for "The Enrollment of the Volunteers of 1792"
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Study for "The Enrollment of the Volunteers of 1792"

Thomas Couture

ca. 1848–51

Medium

Black chalk

Tags

CannonsMenWorking

Dimensions

17 1/4 x 21 1/4 in. (43.8 x 54cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1960

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Thomas Couture

1815–1879 • France

Often remembered for "The Romans of the Decadence," the sensation of the 1847 Salon that is now often cited as a classic example of bombastic academic painting. His informal works are more lively and he encouraged his students to directly study from landscape. Comment on works: mythology, history

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