Pascal DAGNAN-BOUVERET (Paris, 1852 - Quincey, 1929) Portrait of a Woman in Profile Charcoal and blur on canvas Signed 'PAJ. Dagnan.B' lower right (Small stains at the bottom) Portrait of a lady in profile, charcoal and stump on canvas, signed, by P. Dagnan-Bouveret 16.14 x 12.20 in. 41 x 31 cm Provenance: Galerie Ambroise Duchemin, in 2022 A pupil of Cabanel and Gérôme, Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret left academia in 1878 and won medals at the Universal Exhibitions of 1889 and 1900. A member of the Institut, he enjoyed international renown thanks to his dealer Goupil, who had links with the Knoeller family in New York. His paintings fetched astronomical prices. His drawings, full of wit and finesse, were the precursors of a certain symbolism that would stir up the arts in the 1890s. Pascal DAGNAN-BOUVERET (Paris, 1852 - Quincey, 1929) 41 x 31 cm A pupil of Cabanel and Gérôme, Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret left the academic circuit in 1878 and won medals at the Universal Exhibitions of 1889 and 1900. A member of the Institut, he enjoyed international renown thanks to his dealer Goupil, who had links with the Knoeller family in New York. His paintings fetched astronomical prices. His drawings, full of wit and finesse, were the precursors of a certain symbolism that would stir up the arts in the 1890s.