Pierrot
Paul Gavarni
1845–1865
- Medium
- watercolor heightened with white gouache on off-white wove paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 31.8 x 21 cm (12 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.)
- Genre
- drawing
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
France, 19th century
About
This drawing, by caricaturist Paul Gavarni, presents a character from pantomime and festival culture. Called Pierrot, he is recognizable by his comically ill-fitting clothes and was popular in performances during Gavarni's lifetime. The artist drew Pierrot several times late in his career, often adding humorous captions, which likely related to his work in printmaking and illustration.
