Cleveland Museum of Art
Sketch for "The Wolf Turned Shepherd" (recto)
Gustave DoréLinkedCulture matchlcp-5f9365197b43
- Date
- c. 1868
- Medium
- graphite
- Culture
- France, 19th century
- Department
- Drawings
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 133763
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
“The Wolf Turned Shepherd” is a fable in which a disguised wolf approaches a flock of sheep while their shepherd sleeps. The wolf is ultimately discovered while impersonating the shepherd, waking the flock’s caretaker with its howl. Gustave Doré’s early sketch focuses on the wolf’s piercing gaze, highlighting his cleverness and overconfidence. Doré was among the most successful and versatile illustrators of the mid-1800s, and his illustrations for The Fables of La Fontaine— to which the final version of this drawing belongs—contributed to his fame. First published in France in 1867, the book was soon reissued in other countries.
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- Credit line
- Gift of Leo Weidenthal
- Provenance
- estate of the artist (Lugt Suppl. 681a, lower right, in red ink)
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