Robert-Fleury (1797–1890) after van Dyck
Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury (1797–1890) ~ pupil of Girodet, Gros and Horace Vernet. Member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts, 1850 ; Professor at l'École des Beaux-Arts in Paris ; Director of l'École des Beaux-Arts in Paris ; Director of the French Academy (Villa Medici) in Rome, 1866. Father of Tony Robert-Fleury.
Copie de la Pietà aux Anges de van Dyck
The Lamentation of Christ
Anthony van Dyck
(Antwerp 1599 - Blackfriars 1641)
1635
oil on canvas
115 x 208 cm
Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599–1641)
Study for the Dead Christ
Black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on gray-blue paper
10 7/8 x 15 7/16 inches (276 x 393 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910; I, 243
