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Two Men in Fancy Dress Costume
Paul Gavarni1861-1862
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
Details
- Title: Two Men in Fancy Dress Costume
- Creator: Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
- Date Created: 1861-1862
- Subject Keywords: man; 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 H. Stewart [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; William H. Stewart Sale, Chickering Hall, New York, February 3-4, 1898, no. 78; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1898, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
- Object Type: watercolors
- Medium: watercolor and colored inks with graphite underdrawing and white heighting on cream, moderately thick, moderately textured wove paper
- Inscriptions: "Gavarni" in red ink, lower left; "de la tribu des Badinguet"in red ink, in lower left; watermarked, "J Whatman"
- Exhibitions: 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 5/16 in. (32 x 21.1 cm)
- Credit Line: Acquired by Henry Walters, 1898
- Classification: Painting & Drawing
- Accession Number: 37.15
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