Peasant Leaning on a Stick

Paul Gavarni1859-1865

Details

Title: Peasant Leaning on a Stick
Creator: Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Date Created: 1859-1865
Subject Keywords: man; peasant; profile; 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, 1865, by purchase [George A. Lucas as agent]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Object Type: watercolors
Medium: watercolor, colored inks, and graphite under drawing with white heightening on brown, moderately thick, textured wove paper
Inscriptions: "Gavarni" in brown ink, lower right, recto; partial watermark, "53"
Exhibitions: Watercolors and Drawings by Gavarni. National Gallery of Art, Washington. 1953-1954., 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.
Dimensions: H: 8 1/2 x W: 5 13/16 in. (21.6 x 14.8 cm)
Credit Line: Acquired by William T. Walters, 1865
Classification: Painting & Drawing
Accession Number: 37.1453

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