Sketch for The Revolt of Cairo

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Sketch for The Revolt of Cairo, c. 1810. Oil and ink on paper, laid down on canvas.

Oil and ink on paper, laid down on canvas · 30.8 × 45.1 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: Sketch for The Revolt of Cairo
Artist: Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (French, 1767-1824)
Date: c. 1810
Medium: Oil and ink on paper, laid down on canvas
Dimensions: 30.8 × 45.1 cm (12 1/8 × 17 3/4 in.); Framed: 43.2 × 58.5 × 6.4 cm (17 × 23 × 2 1/2 in.)
Credit line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. James W. Alsdorf; Bequest of Luella Thomas; Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial and Alexander A. McKay endowments
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1767–1824

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.