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Paul Delaroche
1797-1856
Portrait of a Young Man
1834
Black, red, and white chalk on light buff colored paper.
18 3/4 x 12 7/8 inches (476.25 x 327.03 mm)
Gift of W. Mark Brady in honor of Neal Fiertag.
2023.127
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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.
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Signed with initials, dated and inscribed, lower center: Florence 1834 PD
Associated names:
Brady, Mark, former owner.
Fiertag, Neal, former owner.
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