Portrait of Madame Fournier

1885

Not on view

Little known today, Hébert was a distinguished nineteenth-century academic artist. This drawing is a testament to his activity as a popular painter of society portraits, although it is more personal in nature, dedicated by the artist to his friend, M. Fournier, presumably the husband of the sitter. It dates from 1885, the year Hébert was appointed for a second term as Director of the French Academy in Rome.

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Title: Portrait of Madame Fournier
Artist: Antoine Auguste Ernest Hébert (French, La Tronche 1817–1908 La Tronche)
Date: 1885
Medium: White chalk, black pastel, and red chalk
Dimensions: 13 1/8 × 9 9/16 in. (33.3 × 24.3 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Bequest of Harvey Salzman, 2020
Object Number: 2022.25.16
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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