Art, literature & historyPortrait of the Baroness Chassériau
1846
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Graphite on cream wove paper
- Dimensions
- 31.4 × 23.5 cm (12 3/8 × 9 5/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1950.1409
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Portrait of the Baroness Chassériau — Théodore Chassériau. 1846.
Medium: Graphite on cream wove paper. Dimensions: 31.4 × 23.5 cm (12 3/8 × 9 5/16 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
The refinement and sensitivity of Chassériau's pencil portraits demonstrate clearly that he was the pupil of Ingres, the great master of this genre. Chassériau delighted in drawing the members of his family, and made this portrait of his cousin by marriage when he visited her home in Marseilles upon his return from Algiers in 1846.
Description: © Art Institute of Chicago, original record, CC BY 4.0. HTML formatting removed; wording retained. Other artwork metadata: CC0.
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.