Mounted Mameluke Chieftain Calling for Aid (1817): Artwork and History

Mounted Mameluke Chieftain Calling for Aid (1817) is in the Art Institute of Chicago collection. The museum lists its creator attribution as Baron Antoine Jean Gros French, 1771-1835.

The work and its context

The Art Institute of Chicago describes the work:

Gros, David's outstanding pupil, became one of the leading painters of France during Napoleon's reign. He had experienced military life and was prepared to realistically interpret the glorious events of the Consulate and the Empire. With vivid color and movement, Gros depicted the frenzy of battles, the pomp of the military, and the exoticism of Egypt and the Near East. He made only two lithographs, yet his painterly approach to the stone was an early indication of the potential of this new medium.

Object facts

• Title: Mounted Mameluke Chieftain Calling for Aid
• Date: 1817
• Artist attribution: Baron Antoine Jean Gros French, 1771-1835
• Place of origin: France
• Medium: Lithograph in black on cream wove paper
• Dimensions: Image: 31.9 × 23.3 cm (12 9/16 × 9 3/16 in.); Sheet: 43.6 × 29.9 cm (17 3/16 × 11 13/16 in.)
• Type: Print
• Department: Prints and Drawings
• Reference number: 1923.1095

Collection credit

Gift of the Print and Drawing Club

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