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(French, 1823–1891)
The Cooks, ca. 1870
Etching
Oberlin-Carnegie Corporation Fund, 1931.72
Ribot was friends with Whistler and other realist artists. His most famous etchings portray marmitons, or kitchen boys, working in Parisian restaurants.
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The Human Comedy: Chronicles of 19th-Century France
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Théodule Augustin Ribot (French, 1823–1891) The Cooks, ca. 1870 Etching Oberlin-Carnegie Corporation Fund, 1931.72
Ribot was friends with Whistler and other realist artists. His most famous etchings portray marmitons, or kitchen boys, working in Parisian restaurants.