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Paul Delaroche

Portrait de Mme. E. D.

1829
Black, white, and red chalks, with stumping and erasing on ivory wove paper, perimeter mounted to Japanese paper
24 × 18.8 cm (9.4 × 7.4 in)

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In the collection of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · as of July 2026

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

Delaroche sought to infuse his works with great emotional and moral expressiveness. Rendered with the soft-focus, “porthole” perspective of contemporary daguerreotype photography, this unidentified female portrait blends the romantic pose of a melancholy woman with the delicacy of an Ingres odalisque. It is unclear how the amorous couple at the door in the background relates to the contemplative woman.

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