Thomas CoutureFrench, 1815–1879Portrait de Jean Couture
Can I see it?
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Where is “Portrait de Jean Couture” now? Collection: Musée d'art et d'archéologie de Senlis, Senlis. Unknown.
Senlis, France
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- D.A.2006.0.17.1 ; C64.028 / MJ.87.909
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Musée d'art et d'archéologie de Senlis
- Image: Musée d'art et d'archéologie de Senlis — © Christian Schryve; Ministère de la Culture (France), base Joconde
In the life of Thomas Couture
The whole life1838
His debut at the Paris Salon
In 1838, a year after the Prix de Rome, Couture is shown at the Paris Salon for the first time, with a canvas depicting a Venetian woman after a night orgy.
1840
Historical and genre pictures at the Salon
In 1840 Couture begins exhibiting historical and genre pictures at the Paris Salon, earning several medals for his works.
early 1840s
The nickname “French Veronese”
In the early 1840s Couture enjoys great popularity thanks to his elegant manner of painting, his refined sense of colour and his flights of creative fancy. He is called the “French Veronese”, and some contemporaries even place him above the Venetian painter.
