GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This drawing is a fully realized study for Paul Carpentier’s painting Self-portrait of the Artist and his Family in his Studio. Standing before his easel holding brushes and his palette, the artist confidently gazes outward. His wife, Adèle, and eleven-year-old daughter, Clémence, lovingly admire the very painting in which they are posing. Though a triple portrait, in many ways, the work's true subject is Carpentier’s professional status. Set in his studio, the drawing showcases the tools of the educated painter’s trade: easels, books, plaster casts of antique statuary from which to copy, and a wood chest containing art supplies.
Carpentier gave particular prominence to the painted plaster cast of Jean-Antoine Houdon’s Seated Voltaire, which he bought from the 18th-century French sculptor’s estate. The French Enlightenment philosopher held personal meaning for Carpentier; he later gave the cast to the municipal library in his hometown of Rouen, where Voltaire first published his Lettres philosophiques in 1733.
Adapted from
- Nicole Myers, DMA label copy, 2017.
- DMA unpublished material.
NOTES
c. 1833
Carpentier, Paul Claude Michel (French, 1787-1877)
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Place of origin and depicted location: Paris (France): TGN: 7008038
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Pencil on paper
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250871410: UMO Gallery Talk From Auction Block to the DMA
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- Dallas Museum of Art, Uncrated~Read a DMA blog post about the acquisition of the Carpentier painting Self-Portrait of the Artist and His Family in his Studio.
- Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide~Check out this essay on Paul Carpentier's Self-Portrait of the Artist and His Family in his Studio by Martha MacLeod.
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- Days after acquiring the painting Self-Portrait of the Artist and His Family in His Studio (2014.38.FA), the Dallas Museum of Art was gifted this preparatory drawing.
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General Description
This drawing is a fully realized study for Paul Carpentier’s painting Self-portrait of the Artist and his Family in his Studio. Standing before his easel holding brushes and his palette, the artist confidently gazes outward. His wife, Adèle, and eleven-year-old daughter, Clémence, lovingly admire the very painting in which they are posing. Though a triple portrait, in many ways, the work's true subject is Carpentier’s professional status. Set in his studio, the drawing showcases the tools of the educated painter’s trade: easels, books, plaster casts of antique statuary from which to copy, and a wood chest containing art supplies.
Carpentier gave particular prominence to the painted plaster cast of Jean-Antoine Houdon’s Seated Voltaire, which he bought from the 18th-century French sculptor’s estate. The French Enlightenment philosopher held personal meaning for Carpentier; he later gave the cast to the municipal library in his hometown of Rouen, where Voltaire first published his Lettres philosophiques in 1733.
Adapted from
- Nicole Myers, DMA label copy, 2017.
- DMA unpublished material.
Fun Facts
- Days after acquiring the painting Self-Portrait of the Artist and His Family in His Studio (2014.38.FA), the Dallas Museum of Art was gifted this preparatory drawing.
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- Dallas Museum of Art, Uncrated~Read a DMA blog post about the acquisition of the Carpentier painting Self-Portrait of the Artist and His Family in his Studio.
- Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide~Check out this essay on Paul Carpentier's Self-Portrait of the Artist and His Family in his Studio by Martha MacLeod.
Notes
c. 1833
Carpentier, Paul Claude Michel (French, 1787-1877)
Cultures
Geography
Place of origin and depicted location: Paris (France): TGN: 7008038
Process/materials
Pencil on paper
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
AUDIO ASSETS
250871410: UMO Gallery Talk From Auction Block to the DMA
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