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Berlioz Photo Album : 1830 – 1839
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Berlioz’s photos
and portraits
1832 – Berlioz in Rome
This portrait was probably painted by Emile Signol, at the Académie de France, Villa Medici, where Berlioz spent some time as a Prix de Rome laureate. The original portrait is now hung in an office at the Villa Medici.
1832 – Berlioz in Rome
This oil on canvas portrait is by Paul Siffert painted in 1907 after an original of 1832 by Émile Signol. This painting is in the Musée Hector Berlioz at La Côte Saint-André. We are most grateful to Madame Chantal Spillemaecker, Conservateur au Musée dauphinois and Conservateur du Musée Hector-Berlioz for sending us an electronic copy of this portrait.
1831 – pencil
drawing, perhaps inspired
by Signol, wrongly attributed to Ingres
The original copy of this drawing is in a private collection.
ca. 1831-1832 – drawing by Horace Vernet
Berlioz was in Italy at the time as a Prix
de Rome laureate; Vernet was the
director of the Académie de
France,
Villa Medici, Rome. A reproduction of this drawing is in the Bibliothèque
nationale de France in Paris.
1839 – after a lithograph
This engraving is from a 19th century book in our collection.
1839 – miniature painting by Paul de Pommayrac
This miniature portrait was acquired in 2002 by the Musée Hector Berlioz
and has been on display there since spring 2003. We are most grateful to
Madame Chantal Spillemaecker, Conservateur au Musée dauphinois and
Conservateur du Musée Hector-Berlioz for sending us an electronic copy of
this portrait.
1839 – engraving after the miniature by Paul de Pommayrac
This engraving is from a 19th century book in our collection.
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