Art Institute of Chicago
The Princess is Held Captive
Gustave Doré
- Date
- c. 1879
- Medium
- Watercolor, with touches of gouache, and pen and black ink, over traces of graphite, on cream wove paper, laid down on cream card, laid down on blue card
- Culture
- France
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
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- Object type
- AAT300033973
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