Mrs. William Astor (caroline Webster Schermerhorn, 1831–1908) — Carolus-duran (charles-auguste-emile Durand)

Mrs. William Astor (Caroline Webster Schermerhorn, 1831–1908)


carolus-duran (charles-auguste-emile durand) (1837 - 1917)

Carolus-Duran (1837-1917): Pintor francés famoso por sus elegantes representaciones de la sociedad parisina y su estilo inspirado en Velázquez. Influyó a Sargent y es una figura clave del arte del siglo XIX.

Carolus-Duran was at the peak of his success as a society portraitist when he painted this likeness of the American banker"s wife in Paris in 1890. The pose and the costume, with their strong suggestions of the seventeenth century, reflect the artist"s early and continued admiration for Velázquez.