Sulpice Guillaume CHEVALIER dit Paul GAVARNI
Paris 1804 – 1866
Bust portrait of a young girl
Black pencil and stump
244 × 191 mm
Located and dated Mt. M. / Sepbre. / 13 / J
Provenance: Pierre Gavarni (Lugt 1124c)
In 1829, Gavarni moved to Montmartre, where he lived until 1835.
This drawing dates from his Montmartre period, as evidenced by the inscription “MM,” an acronym Gavarni used to refer to Montmartre.