War Scene (A Female Casualty)
ca. 1870–72
Medium
Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, with touches of red ink on heavy off-white wove paper
Dimensions
7 13/16 x 13 3/4 in. (19.8 x 35cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Bequest of Helen Hay Whitney, by exchange, and Clifford A. Furst Bequest, by exchange, 1994
Accession Number
1994.228
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the stark drawing *War Scene (A Female Casualty)*, created by French artist Théodule-Augustin Ribot around 1870–72, a tragic moment unfolds amid conflict. Rendered on heavy off-white wove paper, this intimate sheet (7 13/16 x 13 3/4 in.) captures the grim reality of war through a fallen female figure, evoking the human cost of battle. Ribot, a Realist painter known for his unflinching depictions of everyday life and influenced by 17th-century Spanish masters like Ribera, here turns his hand to a poignant genre scene, highlighting vulnerability in wartime chaos. The timing aligns with the F...