Profile Portrait of Elisa Boulanger (Translation)
Portrait d'Elisa Boulanger en Profil (Primary Title)
Eugène Delacroix, French, 1798 - 1863 (Artist)
In these three faint informal studies, the Romantic painter Delacroix took a characteristically unexpected view of his subject. Clearly these are not preparatory for the usual static formal frontal portrait of the day. The artist was obviously taken by the subject’s elaborate modern hairstyle.
Artist's studio stamp lower right (Lugt 838a)
Inscribed in graphite lower center: Mai 1839
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC
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