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Le dimanche près de Saint-Philippe-du-Roule by Jean Béraud
- This work is an important study for Jean Béraud’s celebrated painting in the Met
- The artist captures fashionable Parisians emerging from Sunday Mass
- The careful line work reveals Béraud’s exceptional draftsmanship and compositional process
- Béraud’s masterful works are now coveted for embodying the splendor of Paris’ Belle Époque era
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1849-1935 | French
Le dimanche près de Saint-Philippe-du-Roule (Sunday near Saint-Philippe-du-Roule)
Signed “JB” (lower right)
Black chalk, pen and brown ink on tracing paper
This important drawing by Jean Béraud offers a direct glimpse into the creation of his celebrated painting Sunday at the Church of Saint-Philippe-du-Roule, Paris, now held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Béraud developed the principal figures, architecture and. . .
1849-1935 | French
Le dimanche près de Saint-Philippe-du-Roule (Sunday near Saint-Philippe-du-Roule)
Signed “JB” (lower right)
Black chalk, pen and brown ink on tracing paper
This important drawing by Jean Béraud offers a direct glimpse into the creation of his celebrated painting Sunday at the Church of Saint-Philippe-du-Roule, Paris, now held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Béraud developed the principal figures, architecture and movement of the final composition in this remarkably detailed work.
With swift lines and carefully placed hatching, Béraud captures the animated crowd dispersing after Sunday Mass. Fashionably dressed men, women and children gather along the iron fence of the church, while carriages, pedestrians and a prominent streetlamp lead the eye into the bustling avenue. The artist gives particular attention to the figures in the foreground, using darker, denser strokes to distinguish them from the lightly suggested architecture and distant crowd. The completed painting, one of his masterpieces, was exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1877, where it earned praise for being “completely Parisian and up-to-date.”
Born in Saint Petersburg and active in Paris, Béraud trained under the renowned academic painter Léon Bonnat and made his Salon debut in 1873. He became celebrated for his precise yet animated depictions of Parisian boulevards, cafés, theaters and fashionable society. Béraud often traveled through the city in a specially equipped carriage that allowed him to sketch its crowds directly from life. His works now serve as vivid visual records of Paris during the late 19th century, and examples belong to such institutions as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Musée d’Orsay.
Circa 1877
Paper: 10 3/4" high x 15 3/4" wide (27.31 x 40.01 cm)
Frame: 21 5/16" high x 26 1/8" wide x 2" deep (54.17 x 66.35 x 5.08 cm)
Provenance:
Private collection
Private collection, United States
M.S. Rau, New Orleans
| Maker: | Beraud, Jean |
| Period: | 1816-1918 |
| Origin: | France |
| Type: | Drawings |
| Style: | Post-Impressionism |
| Depth: | 2.0 in. (5.08 cm) |
| Width: | 26.13 in. (66.36 cm) |
| Height: | 21.33 in. (54.17 cm) |
| Canvas Width: | 15.750 in. (40.01 cm) |
| Canvas Height: | 10.750 in. (27.31 cm) |
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