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The Princess is Held Captive

A work made of watercolor, with touches of gouache, and pen and black ink, over traces of graphite, on cream wove paper, laid down on cream card, laid down on blue card.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of watercolor, with touches of gouache, and pen and black ink, over traces of graphite, on cream wove paper, laid down on cream card, laid down on blue card.

Date:

c. 1879

Artist:

Gustave Doré
French, 1832-1883

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Gustave Doré

Title

The Princess is Held Captive

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.

1869–1883

Medium

Watercolor, with touches of gouache, and pen and black ink, over traces of graphite, on cream wove paper, laid down on cream card, laid down on blue card

Dimensions

44.4 × 36.4 cm (17 1/2 × 14 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Olivia Shaler Swan Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1963.31

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