Interior with Woman Teaching Two Children

Paul Seignac (French, 1826-1904)1861-1865 (?)

Details

Title: Interior with Woman Teaching Two Children
Creator: Paul Seignac (French, 1826-1904)
Date Created: 1861-1865 (?)
Subject Keywords: woman; child; peasant; prayer; devotion; genre; interior
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Roles: Artist: Paul Seignac (French, 1826-1904)
Provenance: William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Object Type: drawings
Medium: graphite on slightly textured, moderately thick, cream wove paper
Inscriptions: "Seignac" in graphite, lower left; "8" in graphite at upper right corner, verso; "8" in graphite at center bottom edge, verso
Exhibitions: The Essence of Line: French Drawings from Ingres to Degas. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham; Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma. 2005-2006.
Dimensions: H: 8 x W: 6 11/16 in. (20.3 x 17 cm)
Credit Line: Acquired by William T. Walters
Classification: Painting & Drawing
Accession Number: 37.1357

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