Battle of the Pyramids, July 21, 1798
Medium
Pen and black ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white on beige washed paper; squared in graphite
Dimensions
15 3/4 x 29 1/2 in. (41.8 x 75.1 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1951
Accession Number
51.122
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
BattlesSoldiersHorses
About the Artist
François André Vincent|baron Antoine Jean Gros · 1746–1816
French painter and draughtsman. He was one of the principal innovators in French art of the 1770s and 1780s, in the field of both Neo-classical subjects and themes from national history. Comment on works: Portraits; History