Portrait de l´impératrice du Brésil, Tereza Cristina
1858
45.0 x 32.0 cm
Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo
francois auguste biard (1799 – 1882)
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Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
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Biard was one of the most important traveling artists of the nineteenth century. Born in Lyon, France, he graduated in Fine Arts. His work as a drawing teacher of the French Navy made possible a series of registration trips to European and African countries in the 1820s and 1830s. The artist landed in Brazil in 1858, where he remained for a year. His visit to the north of the country resulted in some records of daily scenes of indigenous peoples, as in “A fabricação do curare na floresta amazônica”, belonging to the Musée du Nouveau Monde in France.In Rio de Janeiro, he portrayed members of the Portuguese court, as in “Portrait de l
About this artwork
- Title: Portrait de l´impératrice du Brésil, Tereza Cristina
- Artist: francois auguste biard
- Year: 1858
- Original dimensions: 45.0 x 32.0 cm
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Where to see it: Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo
- Color palette: Earthy
- Color intensity: Monochromatic