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Woman Chocolate Vendor
Paul Gavarni1855-1857
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
Details
- Title: Woman Chocolate Vendor
- Creator: Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
- Date Created: 1855-1857
- Subject Keywords: woman; work; 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: drawings
- Medium: watercolor with graphite underdrawing and white heightening on cream, moderately thick, slightly textured wove paper
- Inscriptions: "A la fraiche! qui veut boire?" in iron gall ink, lower left; "Gavarni" in iron gall ink, lower right
- 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: 12 5/8 x W: 8 3/16 in. (32.1 x 20.8 cm)
- Credit Line: Acquired by William T. Walters, 1865
- Classification: Painting & Drawing
- Accession Number: 37.1454
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