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Young Woman Standing on Steps
Paul Gavarni1849
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
Details
- Title: Young Woman Standing on Steps
- Creator: Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
- Date Created: 1849
- Subject Keywords: woman; genre; portrait
- External Link: For more information about this and thousands of other works of art in the Walters Art Museum collection, please visit art.thewalters.org
- Roles: Artist: Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
- Provenance: William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1866, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
- Object Type: watercolors
- Medium: watercolor and chalk, ink with white heightening on brown, moderately thick, slightly textured wove paper
- Inscriptions: [Signature] Lower left, in ink ion: Gavarni; [Inscription] Lower right, in ink: à Edinbourg
- Exhibitions: Watercolors and Drawings by Gavarni. National Gallery of Art, Washington. 1953-1954., A Discerning Eye: Nineteenth-century Drawings and Watercolors. Academy Art Museum, Easton. 1998-1999., Gavarni. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1993., 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., Botanical Delights: Floral Motifs in 19th-Century Art. Government House, Annapolis; Strathmore Hall Art Center, North Bethesda; Academy Art Museum, Easton. 1998-1999.
- Dimensions: H: 12 3/8 x W: 8 7/8 in. (31.4 x 22.5 cm)
- Credit Line: Acquired by William T. Walters, 1866
- Classification: Painting & Drawing
- Accession Number: 37.1425
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