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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.

Portrait of Médéric-Louis-Élie Moreau de Saint-Méry

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

Saints and Martyrs18th century1790s1798drawingchalk drawinghalf-length portraitcravatpastel portrait

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