Le Diable emporte les Albums (The Devil Runs Off with the Lithograph Albums)

1825

Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet

Associated Names
Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet

Artist, French, 1792 - 1845

This is an illustration showing a scene with a devilish character. In the center, the devilish creature is taking albums from two figures at an art display booth. Above them, there are various ethereal figures, including an angelic being and other mythical creatures. The image includes decorative elements like foliage framing and textures around the figures. The title "Le Diable emporte les Albums" is inscribed below the drawing.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 25.5 x 33.5 cm (10 1/16 x 13 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1994.58.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    La Combe 1856, no. 590

  • Series Title

    Album lithographique de Charlet: frontispiece

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Paul Prouté, Paris; purchased 1994 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1856

  • La Combe, Joseph Felix Leblanc de. Charlet, sa vie, ses lettres, suivi d'une description raisonne de son oeuvre lithographique. Paris: Paulin et Le Chevalier, 1856.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: Charlet; upper center in plate: 1825; lower right in plate: I lith. de Vilain; lower center in plate: Le Diable emporte les Albums. / Chez Gibaut frères éditeurs, Boulevard des Italiens No. 5.; by later hand, upper left in graphite: 590; by later hand, upper right verso in graphite: 590

Wikidata ID

Q75125320

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