Carolus-Duran
1879 · Oil on canvas · Clark Art Institute, Williamstown
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About this work
- Artist
- John Singer Sargent (1856–1925)
- Year
- 1879
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 116.8 × 96 cm
- Collection
- Clark Art Institute, Williamstown
- Movement
- Realism
Sargent's teacher, the fashionable Paris portraitist Carolus-Duran, sits with his cane, his grey jacket open on lace cuffs and a red ribbon of the Legion of Honour in his buttonhole. Sargent painted it in 1879 at the age of twenty-three and inscribed it to his 'cher maître'; shown at the Salon that year, it won an honourable mention and announced that the pupil could already paint like the master. It is in the Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts.
This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A confident portrait in olive and grey for a study, office or library, framed in dark wood. It suits a dark green, brown or warm grey wall and is a good gift for a teacher.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Realism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1879)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- intimate
- Rooms
- study or library, home office, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — black suits the deep tones of this period; dark wood warms it.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
