The Relics
| Title | The Relics |
|---|---|
| Artist | Jean-Jacques Grandville (French, 1803–1847) |
| Date | c. 1835 19th century |
| Medium | pen and brown ink, brown ink wash, heightened with white and red-orange gouache with scoring on wove paper |
| Classification | Drawing |
| Origin | France, 19th century France |
| Holding institution | The Cleveland Museum of Art |
| Credit line | The Relics, c. 1835. Jean-Jacques Grandville (French, 1803–1847). Pen and brown ink, brown ink wash, heightened with white and red-orange gouache with scoring on wove paper; sheet: 11.8 x 9.4 cm (4 5/8 x 3 11/16 in.); mounted: 20.6 x 16.5 cm (8 1/8 x 6 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2018.1065 |
| Rights | Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose. |
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“The Relics” is a work by Jean-Jacques Grandville (French, 1803–1847), dated c. 1835. It is executed in pen and brown ink, brown ink wash, heightened with white and red-orange gouache with scoring on wove paper and classified as drawing. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).
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