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Château Interior
by V. Germain
About the Artwork
Little is known today about V. Germain, the artist who produced this drawing. Here, he focused on an interior scene with exacting detail, using a small group of figures at the sheet’s center to emphasize the massive scale of the castle where they have gathered.
Inscriptions
signed and dated, lower left, in black ink: “V. Germain 17 Juin 1834”
Quick Overview
- Artist
- V. Germain (French)
- Date
- 1834
- Medium
- pen and ink, watercolor, gouache with graphite underdrawing on heavy cream wove paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 41.9 x 67.1 cm (16 1/2 x 26 7/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Bequest of Muriel Butkin
- Accession no.
- 2018.1063
Provenance
May 1978: Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, NY 1978: Shepherd Gallery, New York, NY Mr. Noah L. Butkin [1918-1980] Mrs. Muriel Butkin [1915-2008] December 3, 2018: the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00011294
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