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Cats (recto); Sketch of Two Figures Embracing (verso)
Théodule Ribot (French, 1823–1891)
1838–91
- Medium
- pen and black ink and brush and black wash on paper
- Classification
- Drawing
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 23.5 x 17.1 cm (9 1/4 x 6 3/4 in.)
- Culture
- France, 19th century
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Drawings
- Credit line
- Bequest of Muriel Butkin
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
Drawing was an essential part of Théodule Ribot's practice and he often sketched his environs from life. As a realist artist, Ribot favored humble subjects taken from everyday life. This double-sided sheet was likely one that he reused for two disparate images: a cat viewed from three angles, perhaps in his studio, and what appears to be a sculpture of two figures embracing.
