Portrait of Louis-Auguste Schwiter is an oil painting on canvas executed in 1826–27 by Eugène Delacroix. The subject, who was the son of Henri César Auguste Schwiter, was a friend of the artist. The painting was an early attempt by Delacroix to combine portraiture with landscape painting. [1]
The portrait was once owned by Edgar Degas and was acquired in 1918 by the National Gallery, London, where it still hangs. [2]
- ^ Allard, Sébastien; Fabre, Côme; Korchane, Mehdi (2018). Delacroix. New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-58839-651-8.
- ^ National Gallery, NG3286
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Portrait of Louis-Auguste Schwiter is an oil painting on canvas executed in 1826–27 by Eugène Delacroix. The subject, who was the son of Henri César Auguste Schwiter, was a friend of the artist. The painting was an early attempt by Delacroix to combine portraiture with landscape painting. [1]
The portrait was once owned by Edgar Degas and was acquired in 1918 by the National Gallery, London, where it still hangs. [2]
- ^ Allard, Sébastien; Fabre, Côme; Korchane, Mehdi (2018). Delacroix. New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-58839-651-8.
- ^ National Gallery, NG3286
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