Attr. Gavarni: the Hypochondriac Molière 19th Century drawing

A magnificent and sensitively treated line drawing in coloured ink, heightened with white. It depicts Argan, the hypochondriac from Molière's play of the same name. Dating from circa 1840, it was attributed to Paul Gavarni by its previous owners. The size of the drawing measured without its frame is 26.5 x 20 cm at sight.