Museum Exhibition
Gods and (Super)heroes: Drawing in the Age of Revolution
Art Institute of Chicago
November 16, 2017 – April 1, 2018
Exhibition artworks
Representative work
Wedgwood Manufactory
Mercury Joining the Hands of Britain and France
1787–90
Stoneware (jasperware), gilded wooden frame
36 × 37.8 × 3.7 cm (14 3/16 × 14 7/8 × 1 7/16 in.); Frame: W.: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)
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Jean Baptiste Huet
Le Romain (The Roman) (Furnishing Fabric)
1811/1821
Cotton, plain weave; engraved roller printed
149.8 × 96.9 cm (59 × 38 1/8 in.); Repeat: 52.4 × 92.7 cm (20 5/8 × 36 1/2 in.)
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Pierre Paul Prud'hon
Head of Vengeance
c. 1804
Black and white chalk, with stumping, and with traces of blue chalk, on blue laid paper (faded to tan)
50.8 × 39.9 cm (20 × 15 3/4 in.)
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Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Portrait of Jean-Louis Robin
c. 1810
Graphite, with stumping, on ivory wove paper
28.4 × 22.3 cm (11 3/16 × 8 13/16 in.)
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Jean Baptiste Greuze
The Paternal Blessing, or The Departure of Basile
c. 1769
Pen and brown ink, brush and black ink, gray wash and graphite, with traces of scraping, on tan laid paper, laid down on tan wove board
37.3 × 50.8 cm (14 11/16 × 20 in.)
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Pierre Paul Prud'hon
Head of a Woman
1800/10
Black chalk, with stumping, on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid card
36.2 × 28.5 cm (14 5/16 × 11 1/4 in.)
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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Three Men Carrying a Wounded Soldier, from the Images of Spain, Album F
1812/20
Brush with brown ink and brown and gray wash over traces of black chalk, on cream laid paper
20.2 × 14.1 cm (8 × 5 9/16 in.)
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