"Les Scélérats!..."

1830

Hippolyte Bellangé

Associated Names
Hippolyte Bellangé

Artist, French, 1800 - 1860

This is a drawing of a scene with multiple figures. In the center, a person is reclining with a gun nearby. Another figure is standing next to them, gesturing dramatically. Two other figures are in the background, one raising a weapon and the other moving to the left. The setting includes stone surfaces and fog or smoke in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Frank Anderson Trapp

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.4 x 14.8 cm (7 5/8 x 5 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 29.2 x 20.8 cm (11 1/2 x 8 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2004.128.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Adeline 1880, no. 113

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frank Anderson Trapp [1922-2005], Amherst, MA; gift to NGA, 2004.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1880

  • Adeline, Julse. Hippolyte Bellangé et son oeuvre. Paris, 1880.

Inscriptions

lower right in image: Hte. Bellangé 1830; lower left below image: lith. de Gihaut frères éditeurs; lower right below image: Boulevard des Italiens No. 5.; lower center below image: Les scélérats!... ils l'ont tué. / (28 juillet 1830).

Wikidata ID

Q75427878

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