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Pauline Viardot Gambling at Baden-Baden
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Pauline Viardot Gambling at Baden-Baden

Medium

Graphite, pen and gray and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash, heightened with white and gray gouache on wove paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 9 1/16 × 11 7/16 in. (23 × 29 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of James David Draper, from the Robert Isaacson Collection, 2014

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Gustave Doré

1832–1883France

French illustrator, painter and sculptor, best known for his illustrations of epic literature, such as those by Dante, Cervantes, Hugo, and Milton, as well as contemporary texts, such as those by Balzac. In 1872, he began to record the conditions of London slums. These engravings are rich in dramatic detail and show a harsh and nightmarish world. His work influenced that of Van Gough and later, the Symbolists. French artist. Comment on works: genre, Portraits