Pierre-Victor GALLAND (Geneva, 1822 - Paris, 1892). Set of thirteen studies including: woman in the kitchen, the Field Marshal, battle scene and interior scenes. Thirteen drawings in sanguine, charcoal or graphite on paper of various sizes glued on canvas, stamps in red from the sale of the workshop at the bottom left. Top. Height : 128 cm - Width : 58 cm Pierre-Victor Galland studied with Michel-Martin Drolling at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris before becoming a professor in his turn. He also works with the architect Henri Labrouste and the painter and decorator Pierre-Luc-Charles Cicéri. Galland has distinguished himself in the creation of several large decorations such as the Preaching of Saint Denis at the Pantheon or the ceiling of the music room of the Hôtel Jacquemart-André in Paris. As director of art works at the Gobelins factory, he created tapestry cartoons to decorate the walls of the Imperial Palace of Saint-Cloud.