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Source Description
In addition to the charming illustrations of masquerades and balls and the prints and watercolors depicting the working classes and poor that were so popular among collectors, Gavarni was also capable of producing sensitive and poignant observations of the human condition in pen and ink. Reminiscent of Géricault's series of paintings of mental patients made for the psychologist Georget, Gavarni here captures the resignation of an old man in his decline. The broad shoulders, now stooped, and the wild hair grown white with age hint at a former vitality and energy that has long since slipped away.
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Document identity
localId
16180
label
Head of an Old Man
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obj
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drawing
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3
Source metadata
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16180
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contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Head of an Old Man
description
In addition to the charming illustrations of masquerades and balls and the prints and watercolors depicting the working classes and poor that were so popular among collectors, Gavarni was also capable of producing sensitive and poignant observations of the human condition in pen and ink. Reminiscent of Géricault's series of paintings of mental patients made for the psychologist Georget, Gavarni here captures the resignation of an old man in his decline. The broad shoulders, now stooped, and the wild hair grown white with age hint at a former vitality and energy that has long since slipped away.
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.
date
1852-1866
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
drawings (visual works)
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
16.8
height
13.1
dimensionsRaw
H: 6 5/8 x W: 5 3/16 in. (16.8 x 13.1 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Letter] Lower left: G; [Number] Right of center verso
in graphite: 20
med
iron gall ink and red ink heightened with white on brown, moderately thick, slightly textured wove paper
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7208
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EAN
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581
438
2069
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photo
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photo
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