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Little Girl Drowsing Over Her Drawing (Portrait of Jennie Walters?)

Jules Emile Saintin (French, 1829-1894) (Artist)
1859
graphite with scraping on cream, moderately thick, slightly textured wove paper prepared with a light grey ground
(18th and 19th Centuries )

Inscription

"E. Saintin 1859" in graphite, lower right; "41" in graphite, verso

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.

William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Exhibitions

2005-2006 The Essence of Line: French Drawings from Ingres to Degas. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham; Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma.

Conservation

Date Description Narrative
3/16/1972 Treatment mounted; re-housed
1/1/2002 Treatment examined for exhibition; other
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France (Place of Origin)

Measurements

9 x 6 15/16 in. (22.9 x 17.6 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by William T. Walters

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

37.1626

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  • Wednesday—Sunday: 10 a.m.—5 p.m.
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600 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD
21201

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410-547-9000

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