The Vigil (1816): Art, History and Details
The Vigil at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1816, lithograph. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
The Vigil (1816) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Pierre Guérin (French, 1774–1833).
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
Guérin found the lithographic crayon to be perfect for rendering the clarity of sculptural form. He used a combination of subtle hatching, smooth contour lines, and shading to represent a young Greek artist surprised by an inspirational visit from a winged female as he works late into the night.
Object facts
- Title: The Vigil
- Date: 1816
- Creator attribution: Pierre Guérin (French, 1774–1833)
- Culture: France, 19th century
- Type: Print
- Technique: lithograph
- Collection: PR - Lithograph
- Department: Prints
- Accession number: 1940.1120
Collection credit
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection
Further reading listed by the museum
- Catalogue of an exhibition of the art of lithography: commemorating the sesquicentennial of its invention, 1798-1948. [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, November 11, 1948-January 2, 1949. Published as: Le Vigilant.
View the collection record
See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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