Figure Dressed as a Griffin

Alfred Grévin

Associated Names
Alfred Grévin

Artist, French, 1827 - 1892

This is a drawing of a horned figure with wings holding a spear. The figure is a fantastical creature resembling a demon or dragon-like being. It has a snout, sharp teeth, horns, a humanoid body with muscular arms and legs, cloven hooves, and wings. The creature is depicted in profile, standing on its hind legs, holding a spear with its right hand. Its wings are spread slightly behind, with a tail curling upwards. The drawing is in pencil on brown paper.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on wove paper; laid down

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Professor Sydney Freedberg

  • Dimensions

    overall: 21 x 9.7 cm (8 1/4 x 3 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.209.7

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Professor Sydney J. Freedberg [1914-1997]; gift 1991 to NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on mount, lower right stamped: Alfred GREVIN / EPINEUIL 1827 + St-MANDE 1892; on sheet, lower right stamped in red: VENTE GREVIN 1894

Wikidata ID

Q64534300

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