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Portrait of Francois Joseph Talma
Rembrandt Peale1810
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
This is a portrait of the French tragic actor François Joseph Talma (1763-1826), friend of the painter Jacques-Louis David and Napoleon Bonaparte. It was originally housed in one of Williams T. Walters' many albums of drawings. The portrait was executed by Peale on his second visit to Paris in 1809-10. Four years later Peale opened a museum in Baltimore.
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- Title: Portrait of Francois Joseph Talma
- Creator: Rembrandt Peale (American, 1778-1860)
- Date Created: 1810
- Subject Keywords: portraits; actors
- External Link: For more information about this and thousands of other works of art in the Walters Art Museum collection, please visit art.thewalters.org
- Roles: Artist: Rembrandt Peale (American, 1778-1860)
- Provenance: William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by inheritance.
- Object Type: drawings
- Medium: pencil on paper
- Inscriptions: [Inscription] Bottom in pencil: Original sketch of Talma / Paris 1810; [Signature] Right edge in ink: Rembrandt Peale
- Geography: Place of Origin: Paris
- Exhibitions: American Drawings from the Walters Art Gallery. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1987., In Pursuit of Fame: Rembrandt Peale, 1778-1860. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington. 1992-1993., American Artists Abroad: Works from the Permanent Collection . The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2014.
- Dimensions: H: 7 15/16 x W: 5 1/2 in. (20.2 x 13.9 cm); Mat H: 19 1/4 x W: 14 1/4 in. (48.9 x 36.2 cm)
- Credit Line: Acquired by William T. Walters
- Classification: Painting & Drawing
- Accession Number: 37.1554
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