Paul Delaroche
1797-1856
Portrait of a Young Man
1834
18 3/4 x 12 7/8 inches (476.25 x 327.03 mm)
Black, red, and white chalk on light buff colored paper.
2023.127
Gift of W. Mark Brady in honor of Neal Fiertag.
Notes
In 1833, Delaroche had a great success with the unveiling of his Lady Jane Gray canvas (now in the National Gallery, London), following which he won the commission to paint murals at the church of the Madeleine in Paris. Feeling a need to study ecclesiastical painting before executing that work, he travelled to Italy with his fellow artists Edouard Bertin and Henri Delaborde. This drawing, inscribed "Florence, 1834" dates from that trip, and it seems likely that it depicts Delaborde, then aged 23.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed with initials, dated and inscribed, lower center: Florence 1834 PD
Associated names
Brady, Mark, former owner.
Fiertag, Neal, former owner.
Fiertag, Neal, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
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