Paul Delaroche
Study for the Head of Christ (Portrait of Eugène Buttura)
About this artwork
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title:Study for the Head of Christ (Portrait of Eugène Buttura)
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accession number:NG 2817
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materials:Oil on canvas
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date created:About 1834
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measurements:44.50 x 36.50 cm (framed: 71.50 x 63.50 x 10.20 cm)
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credit line:Purchased with the assistance of the Patrons of the National Galleries of Scotland 2007
Paul Delaroche
Paul Delaroche
Delaroche trained in the studios of Watelet and Gros and first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1822. He began to specialise in scenes from French and English history (his best known painting in Britain is ‘The Execution of Lady Jane Grey’ in the National Gallery, London). In 1833 he…
