Bust-Length Study of a Man
Contemporary Realism
1848
51.0 x 47.0 cm
Музей Метрополитен
francois auguste biard (1799 – 1882)
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Despite the nuanced depiction of the man’s head and face, this painting was intended not as a portrait but as a study of a model. Biard focused on the sitter’s features and expression, producing a compelling likeness. Unfortunately, we do not know the name of the sitter, who posed in the artist’s studio in Paris in 1848. In that year, slavery was abolished definitively in France’s overseas colonies, and Biard received a commission commemorating the event. This study likely relates to that picture (Château de Versailles).
Об этом произведении
- Название: Bust-Length Study of a Man
- Художник: francois auguste biard
- Год: 1848
- Размер оригинала: 51.0 x 47.0 cm
- Формат: Square
- Правовой статус: Общественное достояние
- Местонахождение: Музей Метрополитен
- Контекст корпуса: slavery abolition , classical portraiture
- Цветовая палитра: Earthy
- Основной цвет: Driftwood