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One of his best-known paintings, 'The Entombment of Atala' (1808), illustrated a scene from a story by the sitter of this portrait, the French Romantic writer Chateaubriand. With his shirt rakishly open at the neck, hair tousled and eyes fixed as if studying some distant vista, the writer is given a suitably Romantic treatment here.
Title
François-René de Chateaubriand (1768–1848)
Date
1791
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 43 x W 36 cm
Accession number
GR.127
Acquisition method
gift from Kathleen Epstein, 1973
Work type
Painting
The New Art Gallery Walsall
Gallery Square, Walsall, West Midlands WS2 8LG England
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The Death of Hippolytus Birmingham Museums Trust -
François-René de Chateaubriand (1768–1848) The New Art Gallery Walsall -
Napoleon I (1769–1821), in Coronation Robes The Bowes Museum -
Malvina Mourning the Death of her Fiancé Oscar National Galleries of Scotland, Scottish National Gallery -
The Entombment of Atala Ferens Art Gallery