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Thomas Couture, artist
French, 1815 - 1879
Head of a Boy, 19th century
lithograph
35.6 x 25.8 cm (image)
Gift of Herbert Fleishhacker 1930.13
artist, Hippolyte Delaroche
Artist Credit: all
Artist Biography: Academic history and genre painter. Studied under Baron A. J. Gros and Paul Delroche. Won Prix de Rome in 1837. Was very popular as a teacher. His pupils included Edouard Manet, Jean-FranÁois Millet, Puvis de Chavannes, William Morris Hunt, and John La Farge. Membership in the Legion of Honour, 1848.
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