Ernest Chassériau (?), 1851, Conté crayon, with touches of white chalk, on wove paper, Sheet: 9 3/8 x 7 3/4 in. (23.8 x 19.7 cm), Drawings, Théodore Chassériau (French, Le Limon, Saint-Domingue, West Indies 1819–1856 Paris), The sitter is thought to be the artist’s brother, Ernest, an infantry officer in the French navy, who died during the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71). Chassériau’s crayon seems to have virtually danced across the sheet, as it marked the contours and creases of Ernest’s jacket, waistcoat, and tie
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Ernest Chassériau, 1851, Conté crayon, touches, white chalk, wove paper, Sheet, 9 3/8 x 7 3/4, 23.8 19.7 cm, Drawings, Théodore, French, Le Limon, Saint-Domingue, West Indies, 1819–1856, Paris, sitter, thought, artist, brother, Ernest, infantry officer, French navy, died, Franco-Prussian War, 1870–71, Chassériau, crayon, seems, virtually danced, across, sheet, marked, contours, creases, jacket, waistcoat, tie
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