1846
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Baliverneries Parisiennes is a 1846 by Paul Gavarni, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows two people in a dimly lit room. A man in a long coat holds a skull while smoking a pipe. A woman in a high-necked dress sits nearby, looking at a small bust on a table. Shelves in the background hold more skulls, books, and odd objects. The room feels eerie but cozy, like a mix of a study and a curiosity cabinet. The artist used loose, sketchy lines to capture the mood. Look up Romanticism to see how artists used strange details to tell stories.
Paul Gavarni was the pen name of Sulpice Guillaume Chevalier (13 January 1804 – 24 November 1866), a French illustrator, born in Paris.
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