Jacques-Louis David

c. 1813/1815

Studio of Georges Rouget

Associated Names
Anonymous Artist

Painter

Georges Rouget

Related Artist, French, 1784 - 1869

This painting is an upper-body portrait of a seated man. His body is turned to the left, while his face is turned to the right. His facial features include a fair complexion with a ruddy glow on his cheeks, prominently arched gray eyebrows, gray eyes, and pink lips that appear to be uneven, with the left side higher than the right side. His hair is short, gray, and wavy. The man is dressed in formal attire, wearing a dark green-blue coat over a white waistcoat and a white cravat around his neck, with a striped yellow, red, blue, and white shirt peeking out around his collar. He has a red flower pinned to his lapel, and hanging from it is a gold-and-white medal shaped like a star. He holds a quill pen in his right hand, resting it on an olive-green cloth spread across his knees. The background is dark gray, with a hint of a reddish wooden cabinet or chest in the bottom right and a gray cloth or coat hung on the right.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Chester Dale Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 89.2 x 67.8 cm (35 1/8 x 26 11/16 in.)
    framed: 118.4 x 96.5 x 9.5 cm (46 5/8 x 38 x 3 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1963.10.212

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

J.P. Mazaroz-Ribalier; (his sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 1-3 December 1890, no. 175); purchased by Gustave Cahen [b. 1825], Paris; (his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 24 May 1929, no. 78). Cahen collection on consignment with Felix Lachovski; (Cahen sale, Silo's, New York, 5-6 December 1929, 2nd day, no. 483); purchased by Chester Dale [1882-1962], New York; bequest 1963 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1965

  • The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.

Bibliography

1953

  • French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1953: 24, repro.

1965

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 117.

  • Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 28, repro.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 104, repro.

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 312, repro.

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 418, no. 599, color repro.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 357, repro.

2000

  • Eitner, Lorenz. French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I: Before Impressionism. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2000: 330-333, color repro.

Wikidata ID

Q20183390

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