Satan
c.1848–62
- Medium
- lithograph on chine collé
- Dimensions
- 44.6 × 31.1 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-209637
As the illustrated press proliferated in France during the 1800s, the caricatures published within such newspapers and magazines were sometimes censored. Paul Gavarni was one of numerous artists at this time who used imagery of laundresses as a means of social critique. Here, a young woman’s blouse falls from her shoulder, suggesting her loose morals. She pauses from ironing to listen as a procuress—a woman who lures girls into sex work—approaches her. The print’s title alludes to the woman’s motives and the precariousness of virtue. Gavarni was among Edgar Degas’s favorite artists, and Degas…
Provenance
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John Bonebrake, 2009.530
Registry history
- c.1848–62 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints
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