Auguste Ottin

1833

Théodore Chassériau

Associated Names
Théodore Chassériau

Artist, French, 1819 - 1856

The image is a pencil sketch of a man seated and shown from the waist up. He is leaning back, with his left arm resting on the chair's arm. The man's facial features are detailed, with a strong jawline, pronounced cheekbones, and deeply set eyes. His hair is styled with a center part. He wears a coat over what looks like a high-collared shirt or a scarf. The background is plain, focusing on the subject, with the artist's signature and the date "1839" in the lower right corner.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite with stumping on multicolored (originally light pink) fiber laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Helen Porter and James T. Dyke Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 40.8 x 29.5 cm (16 1/16 x 11 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.17.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Salamander Fine Arts Limited, London); purchased 2006 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2008

  • Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, no. 97.

2012

  • Color, Line, Light: French Drawings, Watercolors, and Pastels from Delacroix to Signac. Musée des impressionnismes Giverny and National Gallery of Art, Washington. Washington, 2012: 28, 158, no. 3 (color). (French title: De Delacroix à Signac: Dessins de la collection Dyke)

Inscriptions

lower right in black chalk: Chasseriau 1833

Wikidata ID

Q64633065

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