Salomon and Cleopatra

c. 1890

Henri-Charles Guérard

Associated Names
Henri-Charles Guérard

Artist, French, 1846 - 1897

The image depicts two individuals in profile view. On the left, an elderly man with a long beard and turban is shown. On the right, a young woman with a headscarf adorned with round objects across her forehead is shown facing the elderly man.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19.6 × 30.5 cm (7 11/16 × 12 in.)
    sheet: 23.5 × 35 cm (9 1/4 × 13 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.37.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Beraldi, no. undesc

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Armstrong Fine Art, Chicago); purchased 2015 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1885

  • Beraldi, Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris, 1885-1892: no. undesc.

1975

  • Bertin, Claudie. Henri Guerard: L'oeuvre grave. Paris, 1975: no. 111, i/vi

Inscriptions

below image in graphite: "Essai de Gravure a la manière noire 1er Etat tiré à 3 no. 2 H. Guérard; verso in graphite: [not deciphered]; lower left verso in graphite: 01.0.104

Markings

artist's gold studio stamp (Lugt 1157)

Wikidata ID

Q77016054

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