Gustave David
Musician Playing Violin
1800-1899
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Gustave David
Musician Playing Violin
1800-1899
Physical Qualities
Graphite on paper, Sheet: 250 x 188 mm. (9 13/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.13428
Man in eighteenth-century costume sitting in a rococo style chair before a music stand; no other setting.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Inscribed: RECTO: LL, graphite, 'G. David'. Note: just above the inscription is another 'G. David' incised into the sheet with slight traces of graphite embedded in lines. VERSO: UL, graphite, '19' in circle.
