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Artist/Maker(s): Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson (French, 1767 - 1824)
Culture: French
Date: about 1800
Medium: Pencil, pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white gouache
Dimensions: 33.7 x 22.5 cm (13 1/4 x 8 7/8 in.)
Signed: At bottom left, signed GIRODET INV.” in graphite.
Inscriptions: Secondary Inscription: At bottom left, below signature, inscribed “PHEDRE. / INDIGNE DE VOUS PLAIRE ET DE VOUS APPROCHER / JE NE DOIS DESORMAIS SONGER QU'A ME CACHER / THESEE. / QUEL EST L'ETRANGE ACCUEIL QU'ON FAIT A VOTRE PERE / MON FILS? / HIPPOLYTE. / PHEDRE PEIT SEULE EXPLIQUER CE MYSTERE. / Phedre, Acte III, Scene IV et V” in brown ink.
Alternate Title(s): Phaidra Rejecting the Embraces of Theseus (Alternate Title)
Phaedra Rejecting the Embraces of Theseus (Display Title)
SKU: 200658
