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Théodore Chassériau

86 works

Théodore Chassériau (1819-1856) was a painter. Read more

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Two women in colorful robes rock a sleeping infant in a wooden cradle beneath a carved wooden ceiling.

Scene in the Jewish Quarter of Constantine

1851

Seated woman in white gown with a harp, lamp at left, and a veiled attendant in shadow beside a column.

Desdemona (The Song of the Willow)

1849

Oil sketch of a rider on a white horse fleeing past gesturing figures and fallen bodies under a stormy sky.

Scene from the Gallic Wars: The Gaul Littavicus, Betraying the Roman Cause, Flees to Gergovie to Support Vercingétorix

ca. 1838-40

Oil portrait of a woman in a white lace-trimmed gown leaning on a stone balustrade before trees and a distant dome.

Comtesse de La Tour-Maubourg (Marie-Louise-Charlotte-Gabrielle Thomas de Pange, 1816-1850)

1841

Oil painting of a woman in a white gown being assisted by a servant in red inside a room with columns and a bed.

Desdemona Retiring to her Bed

1849

Oil self-portrait of a young man in a black coat beside a painter's palette, hand resting on a book over red cloth.

Self-portrait

1835

Painting of mounted riders in white and red robes fighting with sabres, horses rearing, a fallen rider in the foreground.

Combat de cavaliers arabes

1856

Dark stormy scene of a rider on a rearing horse above a nude man with outstretched arms beside a torch, under lightning.

Empereur romain à cheval et son esclave frappé par la foudre

1855

Painting of a nude blonde woman lifting her hair beside two attendants holding jeweled objects, in a garden setting.

The Toilette of Esther

1841

Painting of a reclining woman in yellow robes beside a seated woman in pink and a turbaned man in a dim interior.

Interior of a Harem

1856

Painting of nude and draped women in a vaulted classical bath hall with statues, a central basin, and a standing figure lifti

The Tepidarium

1853

Two women in colorful North African dress stand at a carved wooden balcony with blue tiled columns and a bright blue sky.

Juives au balcon, Alger

1849

Painting of a turbaned man in a red robe holding hands with a veiled woman on a Venetian balcony.

Othello and Desdemona in Venice

1850

Painting of a woman bathing in water, turning from two bearded elders in red and yellow robes under a dark wooded sky.

Suzanne et les vieillards

1856

Oil sketch of Macbeth in a red cloak facing crowned apparitions of kings in a dim, glowing cave.

Macbeth: the apparition of the kings

1856

Painting of a woman in blue gesturing beside a dead horse and a nude body on a shore under a grey sky with birds.

Kosakenmädchen an Mazeppas Leiche

1851

Painting of the Adoration of the Magi: Virgin holding the Christ Child as a kneeling king offers gold, with attendants and ho

L'Adoration des Mages

1856

Oil painting of a chaotic battle of mounted horsemen with swords around a green standard, set against rocky hills.

Battle of Arab Horsemen Around a Standard

1854

Painting of a winged angel with bowed head and hand raised to the face, wearing a white draped garment against a dark backgro

An Angel Praying in the Garden of Olives

1840

Reclining nude woman sleeping with arms behind her head on drapery in a dark forest, painted in 1850.

Bather Sleeping Near a Spring

1850

Oil painting of a haloed priest baptising kneeling figures beneath a raised cross, with a crowd watching under a pale sky.

Saint François Xavier baptisant les Indiens

1854

Oil portrait of a young woman in a white off-shoulder dress, head resting on her hand, looking pensively to the side.

Portrait d'Aline Chassériau, sœur de l'artiste German: Junges Mädchen (Melancholie)

1834

Oil painting of a partly nude woman with dark hair holding drapery, gazing right before a stormy landscape.

La Captive

1845

Painting of a woman in a white gown standing over a fallen man in an interior with a red throne and drapery.

Mary Stuart Swearing Revenge

1849

Full-length portrait of a woman in a white satin gown and lace collar, standing by a stone terrace with trees and a domed bui

La comtesse de La Tour-Maubourg (née Marie-Louise-Charlotte-Gabrielle Thomas de Pange, 1816-1850)

1840

Oil portrait of a young woman with dark hair in a white blouse and tricolour sash, turned to the left against a grey backgrou

Portrait of an Italian Woman

1840

Painting of two seated women in traditional dress, one holding a gazelle, against a deep red arched interior wall.

Woman and Little Girl of Constantine with a Gazelle

1849

Christ kneels in prayer while angels offer a chalice beneath a stormy sky, with sleeping disciples in the foreground.

Chassériau - Le Christ au Jardin des Oliviers, 1840, D 2002-1

1840

Etching of Othello addressing Desdemona in a dim bedchamber, she seated on the bed and he standing with a raised hand.

Have you pray'd tonight, Desdemona?, plate twelve fom Othello

1844

Pencil drawing of a young man reclining on cushions, head resting on his hand, with an open book beside him.

Portrait of Raymond de Magnoncourt

1851

Lithograph of a nude woman wringing long hair on a rocky shore with shells, cliffs and sea behind her.

Venus Anadyomène

1839

Etching of two seated women in Moorish dress with a gazelle, against an ornamented wall, by Théodore Chassériau, 1851.

Femmes Mauresques de Constantine

1851

Théodore Chassériau (1819-1856) was a painter. Théodore Chassériau was born in El Limón and died in Paris. The work of Théodore Chassériau is associated with Romanticism and Orientalism. Browse 86 works by Théodore Chassériau from 18 museums, free to download in HD. Source: Wikidata