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Portrait of Count Jean-Antoine Chaptal
Also known as: Portrait of Comte Jean-Antoine Chaptal
About the Artwork
Count Chaptal (1756-1832) played a major role in the development of industry after the French Revolution. He adapted scientific discoveries to public works projects, and as interior minister, he reformed transportation, public health, and vocational training in France. The portrait extols his career, marked by stacked filing boxes in the background, as well as the honors he wears, from the silk sash of the scientific Order of Saint Michel to the Legion of Honor medal pinned over his heart.
Inscriptions
Signed lower left: Gros / 1824
Provenance
Family of the sitter until 1955, bought by Jacques Seligmann, New York. Purchased by the CMA in 1964.
Exhibition history
French Painting 1774 - 1830: The Age of Revolution. Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, 75008 Paris, France (co-organizer) (November 15, 1974-February 3, 1975); The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (co-organizer) (March 10-May 4, 1975); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (co-organizer) (June 12-September 7, 1975). Constable to Delacroix: British Art and the French Romantics, 1820-1840. Tate Britain, London (organizer) (February 6-May 11, 2003); Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN (June 1-August 31, 2003); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (September 29, 2003-January 4, 2004).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Antoine-Jean Gros (French, 1771–1835)
- Date
- 1824
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 183.5 x 151.1 x 16.5 cm (72 1/4 x 59 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.); Unframed: 136.5 x 114.3 cm (53 3/4 x 45 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
- Accession no.
- 1964.54
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Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00009413
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