Study for a figure of Fame, from the Hémicycle des Beaux-Arts, École des Beaux-Arts

ca. 1837–41

Dating: Approximate date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Watercolor and gouache over black chalk
Dimensions: Sheet: 17 11/16 × 10 13/16 in. (45 × 27.5 cm)
Collection no.: 2013.62
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Paul Delaroche. Study for a figure of Fame, from the Hémicycle des Beaux-Arts, École des Beaux-Arts. Paul Delaroche; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Purchase, Guy Wildenstein Gift, 2013. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Study for a figure of Fame, from the Hémicycle des Beaux-Arts, École des Beaux-Arts — Paul Delaroche. ca. 1837–41.

Medium: Watercolor and gouache over black chalk. Dimensions: Sheet: 17 11/16 × 10 13/16 in. (45 × 27.5 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Purchase, Guy Wildenstein Gift, 2013.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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