Portrait of Madame Ravaisson
Théodore Chassériau · 1846
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Théodore Chassériau's "Portrait of Madame Ravaisson" is a graphite drawing on white wove paper, dated 1846. The paper has darkened to buff. Measuring 13 1/8 x 10 inches (35.1 x 26.9 cm), the work is classified as a drawing and belongs to the Robert Lehman Collection, acquired in 1975, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Théodore Chassériau (1819–1856) was a French romantic painter. He produced this portrait in the same year as his "Portrait of Félix Ravaisson," also held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Other comparable holdings by Chassériau at the same institution include several portraits and genre scenes from the 1840s and 1850s.
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