Cathelineau

Artist Henri Grevedon (French, 1776 - 1860)

Date1825

MediumLithograph

DimensionsImage: 10 13/16 x 10 1/16 in. (27.5 x 25.5 cm) Sheet: 15 3/8 x 12 3/8 in. (39 x 31.5 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Robert Getscher from the Getscher-Wilkinson Collection

CultureFrench

Object numberPC2014.14.283

ClassificationsPrint Collection

DescriptionBust-length portrait of Jacques Cathelineau (1759-1793) after the painting by Girodet-Trioson (1824). It portrays the French royalist leader of a revolt against the French Republic during the Wars of the Vendée. The subject has gently curling shoulder-length hair and wears a voluminous cloak. A rosary or crucifix peaks out from the lapels of his jacket.

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