# Sketch for The Revolt of Cairo

**Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson** (French, 1767–1824)  
c. 1810  
Oil and ink on paper, laid down on canvas  
30.8 × 45.1 cm (12 1/8 × 17 3/4 in.); Framed: 43.2 × 58.5 × 6.4 cm (17 × 23 × 2 1/2 in.)

Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1999.384. [The museum's record](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/152851).

## About this work

Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson painted this in about 1810, aged about 38. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

### What you’re looking at

A work made of oil and ink on paper, laid down on canvas.

_Description from the Art Institute of Chicago._

### How it was made

- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.
- **Ink on paper.** Ink made from soot and animal glue, ground with water on an inkstone. A single brush can give a hair-fine line or a broad wash, and nothing can be corrected.

### [Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/anne-louis-girodet-de-roussy-trioson)

French, 1767–1824

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: France
- The artist was about 38
- Real size: about 12 × 18 in (30 × 45 cm). The 12 × 16 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 19th century
- Subjects: battles, blood, colonialism, death, Egypt, fabric, France, guns
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

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