FRENCH SCHOOL First half of the 19th century. Presumed portrait of a painting-obsessed individual, with an obsessive gaze, clasped hands, and the lapel of his frock coat stained with paint. Oil on canvas. H. 60.5 - W. 53.5 cm. For further reading on the iconography of monomania and its various types, see Claude Quétel’s *Images de la folie: L’Essai des portraits cliniques*, pp. 106–110 (Gallimard, 2010). The emergence of the theme of monomania in nineteenth-century painting—particularly during the Romantic period—coincided with the work of physicians Philippe Pinel (1745–1826) and Étienne Esquirol (1772–1840), followed by Étienne -Jean Georget (1795–1828), was discussed by Germain Bazin in his catalog raisonné of Théodore Géricault’s work (Vol. VI, pp. 69–76, Paris, 1994). Wood and gilded stucco frame.
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FRENCH SCHOOL First half of the 19th century. Presumed portrait of a painting-obsessed individual, with an obsessive gaze, clasped hands, and the lapel of his frock coat stained with paint. Oil on canvas. H. 60.5 - W. 53.5 cm. For further reading on the iconography of monomania and its various types, see Claude Quétel’s *Images de la folie: L’Essai des portraits cliniques*, pp. 106–110 (Gallimard, 2010). The emergence of the theme of monomania in nineteenth-century painting—particularly during the Romantic period—coincided with the work of physicians Philippe Pinel (1745–1826) and Étienne Esquirol (1772–1840), followed by Étienne -Jean Georget (1795–1828), was discussed by Germain Bazin in his catalog raisonné of Théodore Géricault’s work (Vol. VI, pp. 69–76, Paris, 1994). Wood and gilded stucco frame.