Portret van de pianist Henri Herz
Achille Devéria
1832
Medium
lithography
Dimensions
522; 381
About this artwork
Gift of A.J. Laboyrie-van Goudoever, Leiden
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...