Cleveland Museum of Art
René-Charles Dassy and His Brother Jean-Baptiste-Claude-Amédé Dassy
Hippolyte Jean Flandrin
- Date
- 1850
- Medium
- oil on canvas, original frame
- Culture
- France, 19th century
- Department
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
This double portrait depicts two brothers dressed in the height of fashion for the 1850s, clearly asserting their social status. Jean-Baptiste (left, age 23) carries gloves and a walking stick. René-Charles (right, age 25) wears an embroidered black velvet suit in the exotic à la grecque mode (in the Greek style) inspired by the Greek war of independence (1821–32). Flandrin represents the figures in an academic style emphasizing line over color, reflecting his training as a pupil of J. A. D. Ingres. Thin walking sticks, like the one pictured here, were trendy accessories at the time.
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