Théodore Chassériau (1819-1856): The Unknown Romantic

From october 22 2002 to january 5 2003

19th c. art (1848-1914)

Approximately 50 paintings and 80 works on paper span the carreer of this disciple of Ingres. His Orientalist subjects as well as his portraits reveal how state patronage and the emerging art market in France formed his œuvre.

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	from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm Friday, Saturday from 9:30 am to 9 pm
	Monday

Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Year`s Day

Admission :

Admission fee : 10 $ Suggested contribution

Concessions : 5 $ Suggested contribution, Students, Over 55

Free : Museum friends, Under 12

Théodore Chassériau, Andromede attached to a rock by the Nereids, 1840, oil on canvas, 92x74 cm, Paris, musée du Louvre © RMN