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Paintings and drawings, from 16th to 19th century
Edouard Bernard DEBAT-PONSAN
(Toulouse 1847 – 1913 Paris)
By the Fireside
Ink, wash, and gouache on paper
15 3/8 x 15 3/4 in
39 x 40 cm
Monogrammed lower right “DP”
Provenance
Private collection, France
This work is a preparatory study related to the artist’s painting Before the Ball, exhibited at the Salon in 1885 and now held in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Tours. The model is the artist’s wife, depicted with their son.
