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Allegory

1818

Charles Abraham Chasselat

(French, 1782–1843)

France, 19th century

Pen and black ink and brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache; framing lines in black ink

Support: Beige(1) wove paper

Sheet: 15.3 x 9.7 cm (6 x 3 13/16 in.); Image: 14.3 x 9.1 cm (5 5/8 x 3 9/16 in.)

Gift of Henry H. Hawley 1982.366

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

signed, lower center, in black ink: Ch. Chasselet. 1818.

Citations
Turner, Evan H. "Year in Review for 1983." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 71, no. 2 (1984): 38-79. p. 73 no. 131 www.jstor.org
Exhibition history

The Lessons of the Academy. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 8-May 29, 1983).

The Year in Review for 1983. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 22-April 8, 1984).

Rococo, Revolution, Restoration. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 11-September 24, 1989).

French Drawings from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 13, 1994-March 12, 1995).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1982.366