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| Keywords: Chassériau - Comtesse de La Tour-Maubourg (née Marie-Louise-Charlotte-Gabrielle Thomas de Pange, 1816–1850).jpg Artwork Creator Théodore Chassériau La comtesse de La Tour-Maubourg née Marie-Louise-Charlotte-Gabrielle Thomas de Pange 1816 “1850 oil on canvas cm 132 1 94 6 Institution Metropolitan Museum of Art For Chassériau this portrait of the comtesse de La Tour-Maubourg wife of the French ambassador to the Holy See expressed a subtle defiance of his teacher J -A -D Ingres Chassériau subverted Ingres's approach by casting a melancholic mood over the painting by banishing bright colors and by abandoning Ingres's meticulous naturalism and smooth polish for a stylized and painterly depiction of sitter and setting In 1840 Charlotte de Pange the second wife of Armand-Charles-Septime de Fay comte de La Tour-Maubourg posed in the garden of the French embassy in Rome the domes of the churches in Trajan's Forum and the top of the Colosseum dark ocher in the light of the sunset are visible at right When the portrait was shown at the 1841 Salon critics objected to the expressive elongation of the head the gazelle-like eyes the pallor of the skin and the delicacy of the hands ”qualities that today make the picture seem truly remarkable http //metmuseum org/Collections/search-the-collections/110003294 metmuseum org 1841 century 19 Rome Other versions PD-old-100 DEFAULTSORT La_Tour-Maubourg PD-old files by User Jimmy from fr wikipedia Théodore Chassériau 1841 paintings 1840s portrait paintings Family de Faÿ | ||||
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