Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Belley
| Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Belley | |
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| Artist | Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson |
| Year | 1797 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, portrait painting |
| Dimensions | 159 cm × 113 cm (63 in × 44 in) |
| Location | Palace of Versailles, Versailles |
Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Belley is a 1797 portrait painting by the French artist Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson. It depicts Jean-Baptiste Belley, a former slave from Saint-Domingue who was elected to serve in the National Convention following the French Revolution.[1][2] He stands beside a bust of the French abolitionist Guillaume Thomas François Raynal.[3] The composition resembles the artist's later Portrait of Chateaubriand.[4]
It was exhibited at the Salon of 1798 at the Louvre in Paris.[5] On display in Toulon for several decades, it was acquired for the Louvre in 1828 for 3,000 Francs when it was believed to be a portrait of Toussaint Louverture. Today it is in the collection of the Palace of Versailles.[6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ Grigsby p.8-9
- ^ Palmer p.131
- ^ Rosenblum & Janson p.61
- ^ Palmer p.131
- ^ Grigsby p.57
- ^ Palace of Versailles
- ^ https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/joconde/000PE008287 Palace of Versailles
Bibliography
[edit]- Grigsby, Darcy Grimaldo. Extremities: Painting Empire in Post-revolutionary France. Yale University Press, 2002.
- Palmer, Allison Lee. Historical Dictionary of Romantic Art and Architecture. Rowman & Littlefield, 2019.
- Rosenblum, Robert & Janson, Horst Woldemar. 19th-Century Art. Prentice Hall, 2005.
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