The Twelve Months: November

Paul Gavarni1866

Details

Title: The Twelve Months: November
Creator: Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Date Created: 1866
Subject Keywords: child; peasant; allegory
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Roles: Artist: Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Provenance: William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1870, by purchase [George A. Lucas as agent]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Object Type: drawings
Medium: watercolor and ink wash with graphite underdrawing on cream, thick, slightly textured wove paper
Inscriptions: "Gavarni" in red ink, lower left; "Novembre" in graphite, verso
Exhibitions: Gavarni. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1993., Watercolors and Drawings by Gavarni. National Gallery of Art, Washington. 1953-1954., 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: 12 5/8 x 8 3/4 in. (32 x 22.2 cm)
Credit Line: Acquired by William T. Walters, 1870
Classification: Painting & Drawing
Accession Number: 37.1473

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