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LOUIS LAFITTE. Portrait of a Man

Portrait of a Man. Artist: Louis Lafitte (French, Paris 1770-1828 Paris). Dimensions: Diameter: 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm). Date: 1793.
Lafitte won first place in the prix de Rome of 1791 and was awarded study as a pensionnaire at the Académie de France in Rome. It was in Rome that he created this psychologically penetrating portrait of a stylish and pensive young man against a dramatically lit sky. The proto-Romantic sensibility of the sheet is emphasized by the composition, which sets the subject, perhaps a fellow artist, against a distant landscape with a low horizon line.

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Author:

LOUIS LAFITTE (1770-1828)

Title:

Portrait of a Man

Caption:

Portrait of a Man. Artist: Louis Lafitte (French, Paris 1770-1828 Paris). Dimensions: Diameter: 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm). Date: 1793. Lafitte won first place in the prix de Rome of 1791 and was awarded study as a pensionnaire at the Académie de France in Rome. It was in Rome that he created this psychologically penetrating portrait of a stylish and pensive young man against a dramatically lit sky. The proto-Romantic sensibility of the sheet is emphasized by the composition, which sets the subject, perhaps a fellow artist, against a distant landscape with a low horizon line.

Technique/material:

Conté crayon heightened with white chalk

Museum:

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Credit:

Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

Releases:

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Image size:

3623 x 3651 px | 37.8 MB

Print size:

30.7 x 30.9 cm | 12.1 x 12.2 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

CHALK • CONTÉ CRAYON HEIGHTENED WITH WHITE CHALK • CONTÉ CRAYONS • CRAYONS • DRAWINGS AND PRINTS • DRAWINGS • EUROPE • FRANCE • LOUIS LAFITTE • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • PASTELS