Pauline Viardot Gambling at Baden-Baden

1862
Not on view
This study of a group of elegant gamblers gathered around a black-jack table in the German resort of Baden-Baden was a study for the central portion of a large painting Doré completed in 1862 and exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1867.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Pauline Viardot Gambling at Baden-Baden
  • Artist: Gustave Doré (French, Strasbourg 1832–1883 Paris)
  • Date: 1862
  • Medium: Graphite, pen and gray and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash, heightened with white and gray gouache
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 9 1/16 × 11 7/16 in. (23 × 29 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Gift of James David Draper, from the Robert Isaacson Collection, 2014
  • Object Number: 2014.643.6
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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