Resumen de Friendship in the Romantic studio: Charles-Emile Champmartin's 'Portrait of Eugène Delacroix and Alphonse Vée'
Charles-Emile Champmartin's recently rediscovered oil-sketch Portrait of Eugène Delacroix and Alphonse Vèe sheds new light on the early days of Romanticism. At the time the double-portrait was painted, Champmartin, Delacroix, and Vée were apprentices in Pierre-Narcisse Guérin's studio. The portrait remains with Vée's descendants and, according to family tradition, represents a young Delacroix standing slightly behind and to the side of Vée. It documents the camaraderie of Guérin's pupils, elucidates their apprenticeship, and underscores Champmartin's significance for the genesis of Romanticism.
