A Young Woman of Trastevere (Romaine du Trastévère, 25 Ans),

A Young Woman of Trastevere (Romaine du Trastévère, 25 Ans)
French sculptor Charles Henri Joseph Cordier was fascinated with combining ethnography and art to create harmonious examples of beauty. As chief sculptor of the Natural History Museum in Paris, Cordier went to Italy and Greece in 1858 to inspect marble for export and to portray the people he encountered. This statue is the […]
Portrait of Two Unknown Men,

Portrait of Two Unknown Men
Portrait of Sadie Carnot, President of France,

Portrait of Sadie Carnot, President of France
Le Général Bonaparte,

Le Général Bonaparte
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Prince de Bénévent,

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Prince de Bénévent
Although Dantan executed sculptural decoration for architectural projects, his primary activity was as a portraitist. However, it was for his sculpted caricatures, called portraits chargés (loaded portraits), that the artist became famous. During his lifetime Dantan produced more than 400 portraits chargés, which were executed in plaster so that they would be affordable. The subject […]
Caroline Murat (1782 – 1839),

Caroline Murat (1782 – 1839)
Eugene Delacroix (1798 – 1863),
