Art, literature & history
The Street Sweeper (Le Cantonnier)
c. 1848/1852
- Dating
- Approximate date range
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- watercolor, gouache, and red chalk on wove paper
- Dimensions
- overall: 31.9 x 20.8 cm (12 9/16 x 8 3/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1990.40.1
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Paul Gavarni. The Street Sweeper (Le Cantonnier). Paul Gavarni; This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the National Gallery of Art . Please see the Gallery's Open Access Policy .. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paul_Gavarni,_The_Street_Sweeper_(Le_Cantonnier),_c._1848-1852,_NGA_71478.jpg. CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
The Street Sweeper (Le Cantonnier) — Paul Gavarni. c. 1848/1852.
Medium: watercolor, gouache, and red chalk on wove paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 31.9 x 20.8 cm (12 9/16 x 8 3/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1990.40.1. Gift of Dr. and Mrs. John C. Weber.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.