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Portrait of Louis-Auguste Schwiter

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Portrait of Louis-Auguste Schwiter (1826–27) by Eugène Delacroix

Portrait of Louis-Auguste Schwiter is an oil painting on canvas executed in 1826–27 by Eugène Delacroix. The subject, who was the son of Henri César Auguste Schwiter, was a friend of the artist. The painting was an early attempt by Delacroix to combine portraiture with landscape painting.[1]

The portrait was once owned by Edgar Degas and was acquired in 1918 by the National Gallery, London, where it still hangs.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Allard, Sébastien; Fabre, Côme; Korchane, Mehdi (2018). Delacroix. New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-58839-651-8.
  2. ^ National Gallery, NG3286