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Children Dog and Pup, Ca 1820 French Romantic School Painting by Delacroix' Prodigy Friend Oil on Canvas
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Children Dog and Pup, Ca 1820 French Romantic School Painting by Delacroix' Prodigy Friend Oil on Canvas

19th century
Description

A sweet and intimiste family scene by the rarest of artists: the French early 19th Century child prodigy Hippolyte Poterlet (1804-1835).

Poterlet was a close friend and confidante of Eugene Delacroix, the leader of the French Romantic school movement. He met Delacroix when he was just 14 years old, and copying old master paintings in the Louvre - one of the best ways for a young artist to study colour and composition.

Held in great esteem by Delacroix, the two artists would discuss and constructively criticise each others artworks and works in progress.

In 1825, Poterlet travelled to England with Delacroix, where he met Wilkie, Lawrence, Fielding, Copley, Etty et Bonington. In 1827, he travelled to the Netherlands, to copy and study the Dutch Masters such as Rubens and Rembrandt ) : Delacroix qualified one of these copies "a true masterpiece".

Poterlet exhibited at the Salon of 1827, 1831 and 1833. He died from tubercolosis in 1835, aged only 31 years old.

An oil on canvas relined and restored, our wonderful and rare painting measures 43 x 38 cm. Marks from the previous stretcher bars remain faintly visible. Dating from the 1820s, it is signed at the lower right. The overall framed size is 54 x 50 cm.

Physical Dimensions
Height
43cm (16.93")
Width
38cm (14.96")
Depth
1cm (0.39")
Declaration

Skippings Fine Arts has dated this French Romantic Oil Painting to the 1800s.

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SA1000590
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A sweet and intimiste family scene by the rarest of artists: the French early 19th Century child prodigy Hippolyte Poterlet (1804-1835).
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Poterlet was a close friend and confidante of Eugene Delacroix, the leader of the French Romantic school movement.
Skippings Fine Arts

He met Delacroix when he was just 14 years old, and copying old master paintings in the Louvre - one of the best ways for a young artist to study colour and composition.

fig 1. An early nineteenth-century oil painting depicting two young children, a large dog, and a small puppy inside a dimly lit interior.
fig 1. Children Dog and Pup, Ca 1820 French Romantic School Painting by Delacroix' Prodigy Friend Oil on Canvas

Held in great esteem by Delacroix, the two artists would discuss and constructively criticise each others artworks and works in progress.

In 1825, Poterlet travelled to England with Delacroix, where he met Wilkie, Lawrence, Fielding, Copley, Etty et Bonington. In 1827, he travelled to the Netherlands, to copy and study the Dutch Masters such as Rubens and Rembrandt ) : Delacroix qualified one of these copies "a true masterpiece".

fig 2. An early nineteenth-century oil painting depicting two young children, a large dog, and a small puppy inside a dimly lit interior.
fig 2. Children Dog and Pup, Ca 1820 French Romantic School Painting by Delacroix' Prodigy Friend Oil on Canvas

Poterlet exhibited at the Salon of 1827, 1831 and 1833. He died from tubercolosis in 1835, aged only 31 years old.

An oil on canvas relined and restored, our wonderful and rare painting measures 43 x 38 cm. Marks from the previous stretcher bars remain faintly visible. Dating from the 1820s, it is signed at the lower right. The overall framed size is 54 x 50 cm.

Height
43cm (16.93")
Width
38cm (14.96")
Depth
1cm (0.39")
Date of Manufacture

Skippings Fine Arts has dated this French Romantic Oil Painting to the 1800s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1000590
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Archive I An early nineteenth-century oil painting depicting two young children, a large dog, and a small puppy inside a dimly lit interior.

Children dog and pup, ca 1820 French Romantic School painting by Delacroix' prodigy friend oil on canvas

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An early nineteenth-century oil painting depicting two young children, a large dog, and a small puppy inside a dimly lit interior.
Children dog and pup, ca 1820 French Romantic School painting by Delacroix' prodigy friend oil on canvas
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French Romanticism emerged in the early nineteenth century as a reaction against Neoclassical rigidity, emphasizing emotional depth, dramatic lighting, narrative figurative subjects, and fluid brushwork.

Artists during this era typically painted with hand-ground oil pigments on stretched linen or cotton canvas, applying organic resin varnishes to protect and enrich the paint surface.

Authentic period paintings show natural age craquelure across the paint layers, historical canvas oxidation on the reverse, original wooden stretcher bars, and signs of period glazing techniques.

A period figurative oil painting can be mounted as a focal point above a sideboard or mantelpiece, providing rich visual contrast against neutral or minimalist interior walls.

Keep the canvas away from direct sunlight and fluctuating humidity, dust gently with a soft dry brush, and consult a professional conservator for surface cleaning or restoration.
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