GENERAL DESCRIPTION
At first glance the two children in this portrait might seem to be girls, due to their long, braided hair and sweet expressions. They are actually boys. The cut of the children's shirts and long pants are too masculine to be 19th-century girls' riding habits, although the materials—deep crimson velvet shirts and white trousers—are too costly and fine to have ever been intended for actual use by active boys. The conspicuous elegance of the attire and fanciful hairstyles of these two brothers indicate they are members of a high social class. The opulence of this portrait, the obvious social standing of its subjects, its grandiose scale, and the elaborate carved and gilded frame all suggest that it may in fact be a portrait that Jean-Joseph Vaudechamp exhibited at the Salon of 1842 in Paris depicting the children of a French count.
After having enjoyed a decade-long, extremely lucrative career painting portraits in New Orleans, the French-born Vaudechamp returned to Paris, where he was able to pick and choose both his French clients and the traveling Creoles who still sought him out, thanks to his successful Louisiana sojourn.
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William Keyse Rudolph, DMA label copy, 2008.
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Created in 1841
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Former Title: Portrait of Two Young Girls
Born in rural France, trained in Paris, raised in Paris, Worked in Paris, New Orleans
ND1329.V36 R83 2007 WKR book DMA library
THIS IS ALL THE DOCUMENT SAYS> WHICH FAMILY IS REFERRED TO BELOW? VAUDECHAMP OR BERTHIER? HOW CAN IT BE BERTHIER IF THE TITLE IS NOT EVEN CERTAIN IT'S HIM
By family descent to consigner
From 2008: Dallas Museum of Art, The Patsy Lacy Griffith Collection, gift of Patsy Lacy Griffith by exchange
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Vaudechamp, Jean-Joseph (French, active in Louisiana, America, 1790-1864)
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Place of origin: Paris (France): TGN: 7008038
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- Jean Joseph Vaudechamp, Biography~Read more about the artist at knowlouisiana.org.
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General Description
At first glance the two children in this portrait might seem to be girls, due to their long, braided hair and sweet expressions. They are actually boys. The cut of the children's shirts and long pants are too masculine to be 19th-century girls' riding habits, although the materials—deep crimson velvet shirts and white trousers—are too costly and fine to have ever been intended for actual use by active boys. The conspicuous elegance of the attire and fanciful hairstyles of these two brothers indicate they are members of a high social class. The opulence of this portrait, the obvious social standing of its subjects, its grandiose scale, and the elaborate carved and gilded frame all suggest that it may in fact be a portrait that Jean-Joseph Vaudechamp exhibited at the Salon of 1842 in Paris depicting the children of a French count.
After having enjoyed a decade-long, extremely lucrative career painting portraits in New Orleans, the French-born Vaudechamp returned to Paris, where he was able to pick and choose both his French clients and the traveling Creoles who still sought him out, thanks to his successful Louisiana sojourn.
Excerpt from
William Keyse Rudolph, DMA label copy, 2008.
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Notes
Created in 1841
Object File Reviewed
Former Title: Portrait of Two Young Girls
Born in rural France, trained in Paris, raised in Paris, Worked in Paris, New Orleans
ND1329.V36 R83 2007 WKR book DMA library
THIS IS ALL THE DOCUMENT SAYS> WHICH FAMILY IS REFERRED TO BELOW? VAUDECHAMP OR BERTHIER? HOW CAN IT BE BERTHIER IF THE TITLE IS NOT EVEN CERTAIN IT'S HIM
By family descent to consigner
From 2008: Dallas Museum of Art, The Patsy Lacy Griffith Collection, gift of Patsy Lacy Griffith by exchange
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Vaudechamp, Jean-Joseph (French, active in Louisiana, America, 1790-1864)
Cultures
Geography
Place of origin: Paris (France): TGN: 7008038
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