The portrait of Anna de La Grange as Norma, by Louis-Auguste Moreaux

theatrical portraiture and the circulation of models in nineteenth-century in Brazil

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-901X.v0i73p170-193

Keywords:

Portrait, Anna de La Grange, Louis-Auguste Moreaux

Abstract

This article analyses Louis-Auguste Moreaux’s painting titled The Portrait of the actress Lagrange (National Museum of Fine Arts, Rio de Janeiro), exhibited in 1860 in honor of the French actress and singer Anna de La Grange in his role as Norma, character of Vincenzo Bellini’s opera. The article analyzes the criticism of the period, the career of Anna de La Grange, the international models about theatrical portraiture and its circulation in Brazil, as well as the renewal of portraiture present in the collection of paintings of the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts.

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Published

2019-09-04

Issue

n. 73 (2019)

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Articles

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How to Cite

Dias, E. (2019). The portrait of Anna de La Grange as Norma, by Louis-Auguste Moreaux: theatrical portraiture and the circulation of models in nineteenth-century in Brazil. Revista Do Instituto De Estudos Brasileiros, 73, 170-193. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-901X.v0i73p170-193