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Théodore Chassériau

Portrait of Léopold Burthe, 1846

Description

Maker

Théodore Chassériau, 1819-1856, French

Title

Portrait of Léopold Burthe

Year

1846

Medium

Graphite on wove paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

graphite

Supports

wove paper

Dimensions

34.8 x 27.1 cm (13 11/16 x 10 11/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed and dated, at ll, in graphite: Theodore Chasseriau 1846

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth

Object Number

38.145

Projects & Publications

Publications

Théodore Chassériau (1819-1856)

The Unknown Romantic

Théodore Chassériau, 1819-1856, dessins conservés en dehors du Louvre

Portraits et visages dessinés par Théodore Chassériau (Cahiers Théodore Chassériau II)

Selection V

French Watercolors and Drawings, ca. 1800-1910

Théodore Chassériau, 1819-1856

Catalogue raisonné des peintures et estampes

French Drawings and Prints of the Nineteenth Century

Exposition Chassériau (1819-1856)

Ingres and His Circle, an Exhibition of Drawings

"Léopold Burthe (1823-1860)," Bulletin de la Société de l'histoire de l'art français

Exhibition History

French Drawings in the Time of Degas

August 19, 2005 - January 22, 2006

Degas became familiar with Chassériau’s work through Gustave Moreau (1826-98), who had been Chassériau’s student. Moreau became a mentor to Degas in 1858 while they were in Italy and introduced him to many artists, both contemporary French and historical figures.

Chassériau had been a pupil of Degas’s idol Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867), but Chassériau’s study with Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863) led to the looser, more expressive style of drawing seen here.

Selection V

April 29 - May 25, 1975

European and American Watercolors and Drawings from the Permanent Collection

February 26 - March 10, 1947

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