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Constantin Ernest Adolphe Hyacinthe Guys (3rd Dec, 1802 - 13th Mar, 1892)

Militaire assis auprès d'une table en compagnie de deux femmes

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Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Michel Urtado

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Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Christian Jean

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Title:

Militaire assis auprès d'une table en compagnie de deux femmes

Periods:

contemporary period from 1789 until 1914

Techniques:

Dimensions:

207 x 262

Inventory number:

RF29413-recto

Location:

musée du Louvre

About the author(s)

Author:

Constantin Ernest Adolphe Hyacinthe Guys

Also known as:

Ernest Adolphe Hyacinthe Constantin Guys

Ernestus Adolphus Hyacinthus Constantinus Guys

Ernst-Adolphe-Hyacinthe-Constantin Guys

Born:

3rd Dec, 1802

Dead:

13th Mar, 1892

Country:

Pays-Bas

See more about this author on Wikipedia:

Constantin Guys, Ernest-Adolphe-Hyacinthe-Constantin, (December 3, 1802 – December 13, 1892) was a Dutch-born Crimean War correspondent, water color painter and illustrator for British and French newspapers. Guys was born in Vlissingen. Baudelaire called him the "painter of modern life," and wrote a long essay on Guys in which he extensively praised his works, under the pseudonym "Monsieur G". Robert de Montesquiou wrote a review of Guys that acknowledged Baudelaire's essay, compared Guys… Read more...