"Academy - 81 X 65 - Charles Auguste Herbe 1801-1884"
Académie d'homme - 81 x 65 - Charles Auguste HERBE 1801-1884Dazzling evocation of a body in motion mixed with a chiaroscuro -
All of contrary tension, peak - Perfect mastery of velvety skin tones -
Painter and art historian , Herbe produced at these beginnings many historical scenes to ultimately turn to the portrait -