id: 161595
accession number: 2000.17
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2000.17
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René-Charles Dassy and His Brother Jean-Baptiste-Claude-Amédé Dassy, 1850. Hippolyte Jean Flandrin (French, 1809–1864). Oil on canvas, original frame; framed: 173.5 x 134 x 14 cm (68 5/16 x 52 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.); unframed: 133.4 x 92.7 cm (52 1/2 x 36 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 2000.17
title: René-Charles Dassy and His Brother Jean-Baptiste-Claude-Amédé Dassy
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creation date: 1850
creation date earliest: 1850
creation date latest: 1850
current location: 219 19th Century European
creditline: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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culture: France, 19th century
technique: oil on canvas, original frame
department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Hippolyte Jean Flandrin (French, 1809–1864) - artist
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measurements: Framed: 173.5 x 134 x 14 cm (68 5/16 x 52 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.); Unframed: 133.4 x 92.7 cm (52 1/2 x 36 1/2 in.)
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inscription: Signed and dated, lower right, Hip. Flandrin, 1850
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Hippolyte, Paul, Auguste. Les Flandrin, artistes et frères
opening date: 2021-05-19T04:00:00
Hippolyte, Paul, Auguste. Les Flandrin, artistes et frères. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, 69001 Lyon, France (organizer) (May 19-September 5, 2021).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Paris, Salon of 1850, No. 1071
Paris, Exposition Universelle, 1855
Paris, Ecole Impériale des Beaux-Arts, Hippolyte Flandrin, 1865, No. 27
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PROVENANCE
By descent through the sitter's family
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(W.M. Brady & Co. Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: 2000
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 2000–
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fun fact:
Thin walking sticks, like the one pictured here, were trendy accessories at the time.
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wall description:
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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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Cleveland Museum of Art, “French 19th-Century Double Portrait Acquired; Jazz Bowl Purchased at Auction,” June 19, 2000, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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url: https://archive.org/details/cmapr4343
Marchetti, Elena, and Stéphane Paccoud. Hippolyte, Paul, Auguste: lLs Flandrin, Artistes et Frères. [Lyon]: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon; [Paris]: In Fine, 2021.
page number: Reproduced: P. 243, cat. no. 270
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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2000.17/2000.17_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2000.17/2000.17_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2000.17/2000.17_full.tif