The Sheep of Boisdeffre
Théophile-Alexandre Pierre Steinlen
February 1898
Medium
Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 36.8 × 28.1 cm (14 1/2 × 11 1/8 in.); Sheet: 54.8 × 44.9 cm (21 5/8 × 17 11/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
49748
About the Artist
Théophile-Alexandre Pierre Steinlen · 1859–1923
Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, born on November 10, 1859, in Lausanne, Switzerland, grew up in an environment steeped in artistic influence, with his grandfather serving as a drawing teacher in nearby Vevey. He studied literature at the University of Lausanne before working as a designer trainee in a Mulhouse textile mill. In his early twenties, around 1881, Steinlen married Émilie Mey, and the cou...