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1815/1817

Jules-Robert Auguste

Associated Names
Jules-Robert Auguste

Artist, French, 1789 - 1850

The image shows a portrait of a person from the waist up. The person is positioned with their body turned slightly to the left, raising their right arm slightly. The facial features are blurred, with the head adorned by a white turban wrapped around darker hair. The person is wearing an elaborate blue garment with red and gold details, including draped fabric and a decorative belt or sash encircling the waist. The background is a soft pastel landscape with patches of blue, pink, and brown, evoking a cloudy sky and a distant horizon.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pastel on wove paper, mounted on board

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Frank Anderson Trapp

  • Dimensions

    overall: 22.5 x 14.7 cm (8 7/8 x 5 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1999.111.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Eugène Delacroix, Paris (1798 - 1863); Paul Huet, Paris (1804 - 1869); by descent to Maurice Perret-Carnot, Neuilly-sur-Seine; (Pierre Miquel, Paris, 1966); Frank Anderson Trapp [1922-2005], Amherst, MA, 1966; gift to NGA, 1999.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1988

  • Delacroix and the Romantic Image: Oriental Themes, Wild Beasts, and the Hunt, Mead Art Museum, Amherst, MA, 1988, no cat. no.

Inscriptions

by later hand, upper right verso in blue ink: -191-; by later hand, across lower center verso: Mr. Auguste / Provient de la succession Delacroix / et du leg. Paul Huet / offert à Mr. Miguel par M / Perrel - Carnot

Wikidata ID

Q64591636

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