1847
Madame Burg de Balsan, Wife of the Ambassador
Théodore ChassériauFrench (born El Limón, Dominican Republic), 1819 - 1856
Théodore Chassériau created drawings as a source of relaxation and frequently received requests for portrait drawings during social gatherings; he would render a portrait quickly and then present it to the sitter. This nearly full-length portrait, whose precise execution and delicate psychological insight betray Chassériau's training in the studio of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, was obviously posed with care and includes so many finely described details that it could not have been one of those that the artist created casually.
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