DUPRÉ, Louis
(b. 1789, Versailles, d. 1837, Paris)

The Consul Louis Fauvel Painting

1819-20
Oil on canvas, 55 x 62 cm
Private collection

The painting represents Louis-Sébastien Fauvel (1753-1838) Consul of France in Greece in 1780-1822, who was commissioned to send antiquities to France. In the background the Acropolis in Athens can be seen, showing the painter's interest in antique monuments.




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