Théodore Chassériau

Born in Santo Domingo in 1819, Théodore Chassériau showed prodigious artistic talent from a young age. By the age of eleven, he was accepted into the studio of the renowned Neoclassical painter Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, who considered him his most promising pupil. Chassériau’s early works, such as "Susanna and the Elders" and "Venus Anadyomene" (both 1839), reflect Ingres's classical influence, particularly in their depiction of the female nude. However, after Ingres's…