The Monks (c. 1802–30): Art, History and Details

The Monks (c. 1802–30) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is François Marius Granet (French, 1775–1849).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

The French artist François Granet traveled to Rome in 1802, where he became fascinated by the lives of monks and priests, and the cloistered interiors where they lived and worked. For most of his career, these figures and settings remained the primary subject of his work. This drawing shows one such group in the midst of private study and contemplation.

Object facts

• Title: The Monks
• Date: c. 1802–30
• Creator attribution: François Marius Granet (French, 1775–1849)
• Culture: France
• Type: Drawing
• Technique: watercolor, pen and brown ink on laid paper
• Dimensions: Sheet: 35 x 25.2 cm (13 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.); Primary mount: 37 x 27.4 cm (14 9/16 x 10 13/16 in.); Secondary mount: 43.4 x 37.1 cm (17 1/16 x 14 5/8 in.)
• Collection: DR - French
• Department: Drawings
• Accession number: 2018.1059

A detail from the museum

In addition to working as an artist, Granet served as curator of the Musée du Louvre beginning in 1824.

Collection credit

Bequest of Muriel Butkin

View the collection record

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