Theobald Chartran was a classical French academic painter, born 1849, died 1907. Chartran most famously captured René-Théophile-Hyacinthe Laënnec, the inventor of the Stethoscope, in the painting thumbnailed. Painting by Rembrandt self-portrait Detail from Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez, in which the painter portrayed himself at work For the computer graphics program, see Corel Painter. ...
Oil on canvas
National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
The present work was most likely completed on one of Chartrans trips to America between 1895 and 1904.
We know that Chartran made trips to New York during this period: a portrait of Andrew Carnegie is signed Chartran NY 1895, a work entitled La Promenade-a portrait of Miss Eliza Conkling is signed Chartran N.Y., and two portraits housed in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts are signed Chartran N.Y. Interested in this Art?
In 1877 he won the Prix de Rome and a third class medal at the Salon, as well as a second class medal at the Salon of 1881 and a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle of 1889.
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