Sheet of Sketches

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1829

Denis Auguste Marie Raffet (French, 1804-1860)
printed by Chez Gihaut Frères (French, 19th century)

As a pioneer of battle vignettes, Denis-Auguste-Marie Raffet depicted many military scenes in sketchbooklike compositions. He began to publish lithographs in 1826, and Sheet of Sketches was one of his early works. This sheet has a seminostalgic, satirical tone, with details of a frantic crowd cheering for a duel between knights and a scene of ritualistic decapitation. Raffet’s lithographs inspired generations of artists and writers, including Honoré de Balzac.

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Artist: Denis Auguste Marie Raffet
Title: Sheet of Sketches
Place: France (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1829
Medium: Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
Dimensions: Image: 24.1 × 29.7 cm (9 1/2 × 11 3/4 in.); Sheet: 26.3 × 34.9 cm (10 3/8 × 13 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: The Charles Deering Collection
Reference Number: 1927.4907
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