About this artwork
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artist:Paul DelarocheFrench (1797 - 1856)
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title:Study for the Head of Christ (Portrait of Eugène Buttura)
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date created:About 1834
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:46.50 x 38.00 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
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accession number:NG 2817
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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 was made...
