Who created "The Corpse (Study for The Dead Christ)"?

The Corpse (Study for The Dead Christ) was created by Félix Vallotton in 1893.

What medium is "The Corpse (Study for The Dead Christ)"?

The Corpse (Study for The Dead Christ) is black chalk on buff paper, laid down.

Is "The Corpse (Study for The Dead Christ)" in the public domain?

Yes, The Corpse (Study for The Dead Christ) is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

The Corpse (Study for The Dead Christ)

Félix Vallotton

1893

Medium

black chalk on buff paper, laid down

Dimensions

overall: 27.7 x 48.9 cm (10 7/8 x 19 1/4 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Department

CG-E

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Gift of Joan and David Maxwell

Accession Number

2003.32.1

About the Artist

Félix Vallotton

Félix Vallotton (1865–1925) was born in Lausanne, Switzerland, into a comfortable middle-class family, and moved to Paris in 1882 to enroll at the Académie Julian, where he studied under the portrait painter Jules Joseph Lefebvre and the history painter Gustave Boulanger. Paris would remain his home for the rest of his life, and he became a French citizen in 1900 following his marriage to the art ...

The Corpse (Study for The Dead Christ)

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