LOUISE EMILE ADAN
(Paris 1839 - 1937)
A YOUNG TAMBOURINE GIRL WITH A MONKEY
(Paris 1839 - 1937)
A YOUNG TAMBOURINE GIRL WITH A MONKEY
Black chalk, on laid paper with watermark AGM Glaslan; 625 x 475 mm. Stamped with mark VENTE L. EMILE / ADAN. LITERATURE: Marco Fagioli and Francesca Marini, Descrivere o narrare, Disegni francesi tra naturalismo e simbolismo, Florence, 2004; no. 49, illustrated.
About the artist
Adan studied under Picot and Cabanel at the Ecole de Beaux Arts. He exhibited at the Salons from 1863 to 1937. In 1931 he won the Prix Bonnat.