Hippolyte Flandrin: Nude Youth Sitting by the Sea
A traditional piece of work hung in a cutting edge presentation - Large 100 x 120 cms.
Purchased by Napoleon III's civil list in 1857, gift of the emperor to the Louvre. Like the Oedipus painted by Flandrin's master Ingres, this study of a nude youth was sent to Paris in 1837 as representative of the work of the fourth-year students at the French Academy in Rome. Ingres' purism is here taken to extremes: the human body is close to achieving the primeval form of the circle. The painting was sent from Rome to Paris in 1836 as an example of the students' work. It was shown at the 1855 Universal Exhibition in Paris and was purchased in 1857 by Napoleon III's civil list. The emperor then donated the work to the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris.
Hard plexiglass for stability | High gloss finish | 4 mms thick |Sturdy wooden baton for hanging | UV Repellant - will not fade
£600 inc P+P
