| − | '''Théodore Chassériau''' (Saint-Domingue, 1819 - [[Paris]], 1856) was a [[French]] Romantic and history [[painter]]. At 12, he was allowed to become a student of [[Jean Ingres]]; later he switched to the Romantic school of [[Eugene Delacroix]]. Chasseriau first exhibited at the French Salon in 1836. Among his chief works are ''Andromeda Chained to the Rock by the Nereids'' (1840), ''The Toilette of Esther'' (Esther se parant pour être présentée au roi Assuérus) (1841), ''Othello and Desdemona in Venice'' 1850 and ''The Ghost of Banquo'' 1854. He died at the age of 37. | + | '''Théodore Chassériau''' (Saint-Domingue, 1819 - [[Paris]], 1856) was a [[French]] [[Romanticism|Romantic]] and history [[painter]]. At 12, he was allowed to become a student of [[Jean Ingres]]; later he switched to the Romantic school of [[Eugene Delacroix]]. Chasseriau first exhibited at the French Salon in 1836. Among his chief works are ''Andromeda Chained to the Rock by the Nereids'' (1840), ''The Toilette of Esther'' (Esther se parant pour être présentée au roi Assuérus) (1841), ''Othello and Desdemona in Venice'' 1850 and ''The Ghost of Banquo'' 1854. He died at the age of 37. |