Ernest Hebert
La Cervarolle. Study for the Painting 'Les Cervarolles'
About this artwork
Studies of Italian women in costume were a popular subject for French artists and many country models came to Rome to be drawn and painted by them. However, Hebert preferred to depict the models in their native villages, spending 18 months living in Cervara, a village in the Simbruini Mountains outside Rome. This work is a study for the main figure in the painting Les Cervarolles, exhibited in 1859 and now in the Musee D’Orsay.
Updated August 2022
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artist:Ernest Hebert (1817 - 1908) French
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title:La Cervarolle. Study for the Painting 'Les Cervarolles'
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date created:About 1859
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materials:Coloured chalks in buff paper
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measurements:48.00 x 30.50 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 1995
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accession number:D 5398
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Ernest Hebert
Ernest Hebert
Born in Grenoble, Hebert moved to Paris to study law, also taking art lessons in the studios of Pierre-Jean David d'Angers (1798–1856) and Paul Delaroche (1797–1856). In 1839 he was awarded the Prix De Rome and stated in Italy from 1840-1847. He was awarded a first class medal at the...