René-Charles Dassy and His Brother Jean-Baptiste-Claude-Amédé Dassy

Hippolyte Jean Flandrin painted ‘René-Charles Dassy and His Brother Jean-Baptiste-Claude-Amédé Dassy’ in 1850. The work is oil on canvas, housed in its original frame. Cleveland Museum of Art.

The painting’s dimensions are not provided. It is classified as a 19th-century French painting. Flandrin was a prominent figure in the Neoclassical movement.

Flandrin’s brothers are shown in a formal, composed manner typical of portraiture of the era. The museum acquired this work in 2000.

Flandrin studied under the painter Ingres and was known for his religious and historical scenes. He died in Rome in 1864, two days before his 55th birthday.

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, https://clevelandart.org/art/2000.17

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