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Lawyer on His Way to Court (Se Rendant à l'Audience)

Thomas Couture

1830–79

Medium

Black chalk

Tags

MenWalking

Dimensions

Sheet: 12 1/2 x 18 13/16 in. (31.8 x 47.8cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1960

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Thomas Couture

1815–1879 • France

Often remembered for "The Romans of the Decadence," the sensation of the 1847 Salon that is now often cited as a classic example of bombastic academic painting. His informal works are more lively and he encouraged his students to directly study from landscape. Comment on works: mythology, history

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