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The Bard Amin Lamenting the Death of his Children (Ossian) (Old man sitting on a rock by the sea)


The Bard Armin Lamenting The Death of His Children
Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (French, 1767–1824)
Probably printed by: Godefroy Engelmann (German, active in France, 1788–1839)
1839

Medium/Technique Crayon lithograph
Dimensions 17.78 x 20.95 cm (7 x 8 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP18070
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Beraldi 5
DescriptionA scene from the epic poems of the "ancient Celtic bard: Ossian (a literary forgery by the Scottish poet James Macpherson).
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); from whom purchased by MFA, November 1897