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Portrait of the Artist's Brother

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Gustave Doré (1832-1883)

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Walters Art Museum

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http://art.thewalters.org/detail/79174

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Doré worked as a painter, illustrator, and sculptor, but his international reputation rests mainly on his illustrations for such popular publications as Dante's "Divine Comedy" (1861-68), Milton's "Paradise Lost" (1863), and Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" (1883).
Here, he depicts his brother Émile, who was a colonel in the French artillery. A visit to London in 1868 may have resulted in Doré's decision to use delicate washes in the manner of the British watercolorists rather than opaque colors.
(Released under the GNU Free Documentation License)
Inscription: [Signature] on reverse, top left: G. Doré - Portrait de son frere
[Transcription] Top right: mnoo; Bottom right: aquarelle originale par Gustave Doré
Pencil notation: 35/209B
Medium: watercolor on laid beige paper with watermark, adhered by the edges to the face of a French mat.
Credit line: Gift of the Joseph F. McCrindle Collection, 2009.

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CC0 1.0

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Image source: The Walters Art Museum

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