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Thomas Couture

1815–1879 · French

Born
1815 · Senlis
Died
1879 · Villiers-le-Bel

37 works in the Collect24 Registry

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Thomas Couture was a French history painter and teacher. He taught many notable contemporary figures of the art world, such as Édouard Manet, Henri Fantin-Latour, and John La Farge.

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Thomas Couture (French pronunciation: [tɔma kutyʁ]; 21 December 1815 – 30 March 1879) was a French history painter and teacher. He taught many notable contemporary figures of the art world, such as Édouard Manet, Henri Fantin-Latour, John La Farge, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, John Ward Dunsmore, Karel Javůrek, William Morris Hunt, and Joseph-Noël Sylvestre.

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Registered works

37

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In private collections

Featured works

Selected registered works by Thomas Couture

Selected from 37 works by Thomas Couture in the Collect24 Registry.

Thomas Couture, Study for “The Decadence of the Romans”

Thomas Couture

Study for “The Decadence of the Romans”, 1846–1847

Black and white chalk, on blue paper (now discolored)

35.2 × 60.3 cm

J. Paul Getty Museum

C24-199703

Thomas Couture, Pierrot in Criminal Court

Thomas Couture

Pierrot in Criminal Court, c. 1864–70

oil on wood panel

32.2 × 39.2 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-111062

Thomas Couture, Study for the decoration of the ceiling of the Opéra Comique

Thomas Couture

Study for the decoration of the ceiling of the Opéra Comique, ca. 1857

Black chalk on blue paper mounted on cardboard

43.7 × 43.7 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-579446

Thomas Couture, Study for "The Enrollment of the Volunteers of 1792"

Thomas Couture

Study for "The Enrollment of the Volunteers of 1792", ca. 1848–51

Black chalk on gray paper

43.8 × 54 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-562298

Thomas Couture, Lawyer on His Way to Court (Se Rendant à l'Audience)

Thomas Couture

Lawyer on His Way to Court (Se Rendant à l'Audience), ca. 1860

Black chalk

31.8 × 47.8 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-487801

Thomas Couture, Study for “The Enrollment of the Volunteers of 1792”

Thomas Couture

Study for “The Enrollment of the Volunteers of 1792”, 1848

Fabricated black chalk

42.5 × 30.5 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-487763

Thomas Couture, A Widow

Thomas Couture

A Widow, 1840

oil paint

92.1 × 73.6 cm

Museum of Fine Arts Boston

C24-452955

Thomas Couture, Nymph and Cupids

Thomas Couture

Nymph and Cupids, 1860

oil paint

35 × 27.6 cm

Museum of Fine Arts Boston

C24-452954

Thomas Couture, A Miser (study for Timon of Athens)

Thomas Couture

A Miser (study for Timon of Athens), 1876

oil paint

81.3 × 65.4 cm

Museum of Fine Arts Boston

C24-452953

Thomas Couture, Family Group

Thomas Couture

Family Group, 1866

oil paint

40.6 × 32 cm

Museum of Fine Arts Boston

C24-452951

Thomas Couture, Head of a Woman in Profile

Thomas Couture

Head of a Woman in Profile, 1857

oil paint

55.9 × 46.3 cm

Museum of Fine Arts Boston

C24-452952

Thomas Couture, Two Soldiers

Thomas Couture

Two Soldiers, 1848

oil paint

81.9 × 65.4 cm

Museum of Fine Arts Boston

C24-452950

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