Monsieur Louis Pascal, Seen from the Back
by TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Henri de, Oil on cardboard, 65 x 41 cm
Louis Pascal was Lautrec’s second cousin, and had been a fellow pupil at the Lyc�e Fontane in Paris. Lautrec valued his company, as well as that of his mistress, Moute. Pascal later worked as an insurance broker. When he and his family got into financial difficulties in the summer of 1892 they were supported by the Lautrecs.