Paul Gavarni
Un petit de la pension qui disait que l'étais renégat, j'y ai fichu des giffles ... n'est-ce pas, pere, que t'es catholique? (A little boy from the boarding house who said that you recanted—I slapped him in the face…isn’t it true, father, that you’re Catholic?), Number XXXVIII
Artist
Paul Gavarni(French, 1804–1866)French, 1804–1866
CultureFrench
Titles
- Un petit de la pension qui disait que l'étais renégat, j'y ai fichu des giffles ... n'est-ce pas, pere, que t'es catholique? (A little boy from the boarding house who said that you recanted—I slapped him in the face…isn’t it true, father, that you’re Catholic?), Number XXXVIII
- from the series Les Enfants Terribles (The Terrible Children)
Date1841
PlaceFrance
MediumHand-colored lithograph
DimensionsImage: 7 3/4 × 6 1/8 in. (19.7 × 15.6 cm)
Sheet: 13 1/4 × 9 3/8 in. (33.7 × 23.8 cm)
Sheet: 13 1/4 × 9 3/8 in. (33.7 × 23.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Virginia and Ira Jackson
Object number87.306
Non exposé
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Catalogue raisonnéArmehault & Bocher 604
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c. 1841
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88.296
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87.305
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Aquatint on paper
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88.297