Portrait of a Man
Artist: Claude-Marie Dubufe (French, ca.1790-1864)
Date: about 1835-1845
Dimensions:
H: 51 1/4 in. (130.2 cm); W: 38 1/2 in. (97.8 cm)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1975.1
Label Text:A student of Neoclassical artist Jacques-Louis David, Claude-Marie Dubufe exhibited regularly at the French state-sponsored art exhibitions—the Salons—from 1810 until 1863. At first he painted history and genre pictures (scenes of everyday life), but from about 1830 he devoted himself to portraiture, achieving great success. His sitters included many of the French nobility and the wealthy Paris bourgeoisie (industrialists, bankers, etc.).
The identity of this man—posed boldly before a cloudy sky with a very low horizon—has not been determined, though his demeanor and his fashionable clothing suggest his status as a member of the leisured class. So, too, does the elegant detail of one soft leather glove removed and held along with a top hat in his gloved left hand.
The identity of this man—posed boldly before a cloudy sky with a very low horizon—has not been determined, though his demeanor and his fashionable clothing suggest his status as a member of the leisured class. So, too, does the elegant detail of one soft leather glove removed and held along with a top hat in his gloved left hand.
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