Joan of Arc Imprisoned in Rouen

1819

Not on view

Active both in Paris, where he was a student of Jacques-Louis David, and in his native Lyon, Revoil was a leading proponent of the Troubadour style, which favored historicizing subjects. This highly finished sheet is a study for Revoil's painting Joan of Arc in Prison (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen), exhibited at the Salon of 1819. The composition owes a debt to David's Neoclassical manner in its planar arrangement and legible poses, but Revoil also clearly delighted in rendering details of medieval architecture and costume.

Artwork Details

Title: Joan of Arc Imprisoned in Rouen
Artist: Pierre Henri Revoil (French, Lyon 1776–1842 Lyon)
Date: 1819
Medium: Pen and brown ink, watercolor, and wash on two sheets of laid paper, mounted together on a sheet of laid paper
Dimensions: 18 7/8 x 26 7/8 in. (48 x 68.2 cm.)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Purchase, The Isaacson-Draper Foundation, 2003
Object Number: 2003.152
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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