Madame Foy, staande in avondtoilet
1810 - 1857
Medium
paper
Dimensions
183; 315
About this artwork
height 315 mm x width 183 mm
Art Historical Context
Achille Devéria's *Madame Foy, sta in avondtoilet*Madame Foy Standing in Evening Dress) captures an elegant moment from early 19th-century French. Created between 1810 and 185 during the artist's active years, this depicts a poised female figure in formal evening attire, likely a portrait or fashion study rendered on paper. Measuring 315 mm high by 183 mm wide, its intimate scale suggests it was designed for private appreciation or reproduction, evoking the refined world of Parisian salons. Devéria, a prominent French Romantic artist, was renowned for his lithographic portraits and illustrati...
About the Artist
Achille Devéria · 1800–1857
Achille Jacques-Jean-Marie Devéria (1800–1857) was a French painter and lithographer whose prolific output and sophisticated portrait work made him one of the most important visual chroniclers of French Romantic culture. Born in Paris on February 6, 1800, Devéria came of age during the Restoration period and became closely associated with the Romantic movement that dominated French arts and letter...