Portrait of Théodore Ballu
Medium
Graphite
Dimensions
5 7/8 x 5 1/4 in. (15.0 x 13.3 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mark Brady, in honor of Jacob Bean, 1992
Accession Number
1992.154
Tags
MenPortraitsSmokingPipes
About the Artist
Isidore Pils|Théodore Ballu · 1813–1875
Isidore-Alexandre-Augustin Pils (1813/15–1875), born in Paris to the soldier François Pils, emerged as a leading French academic painter known for religious and military subjects. At age twelve, he studied under Guillaume Guillon-Lethière for four years before entering the École des Beaux-Arts in 1831 as a student of François-Édouard Picot. His talent secured the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1838 w...