Self Portrait
1851
Eugène Devéria gives us a masterclass in 19th-century cool with this 1851 self-portrait, sporting a magnificent handlebar mustache and goatee that demands attention. The background is pure drama—billowing red curtains on one side and a stormy, sunset-lit seascape on the other—perfectly capturing the emotional intensity of the Romantic movement. As a close friend of literary giant Victor Hugo and painter Eugène Delacroix, Devéria was a central figure in the Parisian art scene, and this portrait shows he certainly knew how to make an entrance.
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