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Pastel portrait of a man with white hair in an olive-brown coat and white cravat against a dark blue background.

Mederic-Louis-Elie Moreau de Saint-Mery

A half-length pastel portrait of a balding man with white powdered hair, wearing an olive-brown coat and white cravat against a deep blue-black ground. Soft chalk strokes model his face and shoulders, with a gentle, direct gaze turned toward the viewer.

Artist
James Sharples
Date
1798
Medium
Pastel and black chalk (or black pastel) on toned (now oxidized) wove paper
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
2983 × 3722 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1798).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924

Español: Retrato de Médéric-Louis-Élie Moreau de Saint-Méry

Retrato de medio cuerpo en pastel de un hombre calvo con cabello blanco empolvado, vestido con un abrigo pardo verdoso y un pañuelo blanco sobre un fondo azul oscuro. Trazos suaves de tiza modelan su rostro y hombros, con una mirada serena dirigida al espectador.

Português: Retrato de Médéric-Louis-Élie Moreau de Saint-Méry

Retrato em pastel de meio corpo de um homem calvo, de cabelo branco empoado, usando casaco marrom-oliva e gravata branca sobre um fundo azul-escuro. Traços suaves de giz modelam o rosto e os ombros, com um olhar sereno voltado para o espectador.

Saints and Martyrspastel portraitdrawingman in olive coatwhite powdered haircravat18th century1798chalk drawingmoreau de saint-meryjames sharpleshalf-length portraitdark blue background

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