France, 19th century / 1850
René-Charles Dassy and His Brother Jean-Baptiste-Claude-Amédé Dassy
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs René-Charles Dassy and His Brother Jean-Baptiste-Claude-Amédé Dassy as painting (France, 19th century · 1850).
Thin walking sticks, like the one pictured here, were trendy accessories at the time.
A CLOSER LOOK
The museum identifies this painting as oil on canvas, original frame and credits Hippolyte Jean Flandrin (French, 1809–1864).
The museum's collection notes: This double portrait depicts two brothers dressed in the height of fashion for the 1850s, clearly asserting their social status. Jean-Baptiste (left, age 23) carries gloves and a walking stick. René-Charles (right, age 25) wears an embroidered black velvet suit in the exotic à la grecque mode (in the Greek style) inspired by the Greek war of independence (1821–32). Flandrin represents the figures in an academic style emphasizing line over color, reflecting his training as a pupil of J. A. D. Ingres.
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