Portrait of Madame Gabrielle Marcotte de Quivières, Théodore Chassériau, 1845

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Portrait of Madame Gabrielle Marcotte de Quivières, 1845, Graphite on white wove paper darkened to buff, mounted on stiff paper, 12 13/16 x 10 3/4 in. ( x cm); Rabbet: 22 x 16 in. ( x cm.); Overall Frame: H x W x D: 18 x 24 x 1 1/4 in. ( x 61 x cm.), Drawings, Théodore Chassériau (French, Le Limon, Saint-Domingue, West Indies 1819–1856 Paris), In 1845 Chassériau was asked to make a portrait drawing of his friend Louis Marcotte de Quivières, a young aristocrat who collected paintings by Ingres. Chassériau also sketched this portrait of Marcotte de Quivières’s wife, Gabrielle

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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