Artist: Felix-Joseph Barrias
Artist Nationality: French
Artist Dates: 1822-1907
Title: Study for Argentine Commander
Date: c. mid-19th century
Condition: Tears at corners, tear bottom right, small area of foxing
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Dimensions: Sight: 17 ¼ x 21 in.; Framed: 22 ½ x 26 ¼ in.
Estimated Value: $1,000
Signature/Markings: Signed "F.J. Barrias" lower right, inscribed "a Nr.? Jullien" lower right
Pencil notation lower left suggesting drawing was a preparatory sketch for a sculpture to be completed by the artist's brother Louis-Ernest Barrias (1841-1905).
Bio from Martin du Louvre:
Félix-Joseph was the son of a porcelain painter and brother to the sculptor, Louis-Ernest Barrias. A pupil at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts Paris he studied under Léon Cogniet. In 1844, he received the institution’s highest honor, the Rome Prize, for Cincinnatus Receiving Ambassadors from the Senate. As part of the award, he was granted residence at the Villa Médicis for five years, from 1845 through 1849.
Barrias had a long and prestigious official career, receiving a fist class medal at the Salon of 1851, the gold medal of the Universal Exposition of Paris in 1889, and for his paintings in the foyer of the Paris Opera. He became an officer of the Legion of Honor in 1897, and was teacher of Edgar Degas.
Provenance:
Private New York Collection
Guy Lyman’s European Art Underground (2021)
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