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Source Description
The subject here-a man who raises livestock and happens to be a captain as well-is one in a long line of Parisian characters that Gavarni chronicled in his career. This sheet once belonged to the collection of the artist's watercolors made for the important Parisian publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel. Composed of about 200 sheets executed mostly in 1859-60, Hetzel's collection was a rare ensemble of the artist's best work in the medium.
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Document identity
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166703
label
The Suburbs: Stock Raiser and Captain
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obj
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drawing
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1
Source metadata
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166703
contentType
drawing
title
The Suburbs: Stock Raiser and Captain
description
The subject here-a man who raises livestock and happens to be a captain as well-is one in a long line of Parisian characters that Gavarni chronicled in his career. This sheet once belonged to the collection of the artist's watercolors made for the important Parisian publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel. Composed of about 200 sheets executed mostly in 1859-60, Hetzel's collection was a rare ensemble of the artist's best work in the medium.
date
probably 1859–1860
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
creators
6851
genreSpecific
Drawing
imageCount
1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 29.4 x 21 cm (11 9/16 x 8 1/4 in.); Secondary Support: 38 x 29.4 cm (14 15/16 x 11 9/16 in.)
cul
France, 19th century
accession
2008.411
Source extras
tec
watercolor (mixed with white gouache in places) over graphite, heightened with white gouache
tombstone
The Suburbs: Stock Raiser and Captain, probably 1859–1860. Paul Gavarni (French, 1804–1866). Watercolor (mixed with white gouache in places) over graphite, heightened with white gouache; sheet: 29.4 x 21 cm (11 9/16 x 8 1/4 in.); secondary support: 38 x 29.4 cm (14 15/16 x 11 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2008.411
supportMaterials
description
cream wove paper, discolored
watermarks
along left margin: J Whatman / 1811
collection
DR - French
inscriptions
inscription
signed, lower right, in gray wash: Gavarni; by artist, lower left, in gray wash: Banlieue. Nourrisseur et Capitaine; upper right, in graphite: [5?]7; verso, lower right, in graphite: ntb 2; lower right, in red crayon: No 81 [upside down, underlined]
citations
citation
Hotel Drouot, Paris. <em>Cent trente-quatre aquarelles importantes de Gavarni</em>. May 24, 1884. Lot. 45
page_number
Mentioned: no. 45
citation
Lemoisne, Paul-André.<em> Gavarni, peintre et lithographe</em>. Paris: H. Floury, 1924.
page_number
Mentioned: pp. 208, 210
citation
Hotel Drouot, Paris. <em>Tableaux Modernes, Aquarelles, Dessins, Pastels, Gravures</em>. December 3, 1925. Lot 23.
page_number
Mentioned: no. 23
citation
Bunzl, Yvonne Tan. <em>Old Master Drawings and French Drawings of the 19th Century</em>. London: Correspondence C/o Barclays Bank, 1975.
page_number
Mentioned: cat. no. 40; Reproduced: pl. 38
citation
Shepherd Gallery. <em>Non-Dissenters: One Hundred and Seventy French Nineteenth Century Drawings, Pastels and Watercolors</em>. Exh. Cat. New York: Shepherd Gallery, 1976.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 88
citation
Masheck, Joseph, "Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions: New York," <em>Burlington Magazine </em>119, no. 889 (April 1977), 307-308.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 308; Reproduced: fig. 116, p. 309
citation
Foster, Carter E., Sylvain Bellenger, and Patrick Shaw Cable. <em>French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin</em>. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 39, p. 88-89
creditline
Bequest of Muriel Butkin
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2026-05-29 08:36:49.266000
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166703
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Drawings
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DR - French
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watercolor (mixed with white gouache in places) over graphite, heightened with white gouache
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male
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