Shown from the chest up, a pale-skinned man in a suit sits in a high-backed chair, looking slightly to our right in this vertical portrait painting. His eyes and head are both turned slightly to our right, with only one ear visible on our left. His shoulder on our right and the right side of the chair are slightly cut off by the edge of the painting. He has a straight nose, high cheekbones, and pale pink closed lips. His eyes are dark, with small shadows beneath them. His black, wavy hair is parted on our right and cropped short on the sides of his head, with thick, defined waves on top. He…
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Edouard Blau

Frédéric Bazille (French, 1841 - 1870)

probably 1869

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 59.5 x 43.2 cm (23 7/16 x 17 in.) ; framed: 69.5 x 53 x 5.1 cm (27 3/8 x 20 7/8 x 2 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Chester Dale Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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