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Source Description
On the Boulevard Montmartre in Paris in 1882, Alfred Grévin established the Musée Grévin, a wax works and toy museum, which remains popular among French children today. As this whimsical rendering of 19th-century courtship reveals, he was also a gifted caricaturist who is remembered for light-hearted illustrations of Parisian society.
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Document identity
localId
79186
label
Man Bowing to a Woman
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
79186
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Man Bowing to a Woman
description
On the Boulevard Montmartre in Paris in 1882, Alfred Grévin established the Musée Grévin, a wax works and toy museum, which remains popular among French children today. As this whimsical rendering of 19th-century courtship reveals, he was also a gifted caricaturist who is remembered for light-hearted illustrations of Parisian society.
provenance
Joseph F. McCrindle (1923-2008), New York, #A0502; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, New York, 2008, by bequest; Walters Art Museum, 2009, by gift.
date
n.d.
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
watercolors (paintings)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
24.1
height
20.3
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 1/2 x W: 8 in. (24.13 x 20.32 cm)
Source extras
med
watercolor on paper adhered to a French mat
creator_ids
16444
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
2828
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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66a63ed950e85c83