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Portrait of a Young Man

1802
Not on view
In the inscription on this drawing of an unknown sitter, dated 1802, Harriet noted his own status as a student at the Académie de France in Rome and pupil of Jacques Louis David. Indeed, he won the 1798 Prix de Rome with "The Battle of the Horatii and the Curiatii," which presents a decidedly Davidian subject. This elegant, highly finished portrait is one of very few surviving drawings by the artist, who died prematurely only a few years after making it, at the age of twenty-seven.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Portrait of a Young Man
  • Artist: Fulchran Jean Harriet (French, Paris 1776–1805 Rome)
  • Date: 1802
  • Medium: Black chalk, stumped, heightened with white. Framing line in pen and brown ink.
  • Dimensions: 15 1/8 x 14 13/16 in. (38.4 x 37.7 cm)
    Diameter of circle containing portrait: 30.2 cm
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1984
  • Object Number: 1984.322
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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Presentation Drawing of "The Statue of Liberty Illuminating the World", Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi French, Charcoal, heightened with white chalk
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Édouard Manet, Seated, Holding His Hat, Edgar Degas French, Graphite and black chalk
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