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Théodore Chassériau

French, 1819–1856

WA-00023053

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

PrintmakingRomanticism

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WikidataQ342467

MoMA

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MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/1080
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
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Tier 1 · Institutional85%

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Romanticism

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (76)

Femmes Mauresques de Constantine

1851 · soft-ground and hard-ground etching

National Gallery of Art

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Scene in the Jewish Quarter of Constantine

1851 · Oil on canvas

22 3/8 x 18 1/2 in. (56.8 x 47 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Ernest Chassériau (?)

1851 · Conté crayon, with touches of white chalk, on wove paper

Sheet: 9 3/8 x 7 3/4 in. (23.8 x 19.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Portrait of a Young Woman Wearing a Cloak and Bonnet

1850 · Graphite on wove paper

Sheet: 9 5/8 x 7 1/2 in. (24.5 x 19 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Arab Mounting

1849 · soft-etching and roulette

National Gallery of Art

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Desdemona (The Song of the Willow)

1849 · Oil on wood

13 3/4 x 10 5/8 in. (34.9 x 27 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Victor-Auguste de Saint-Rémy

1848 · graphite heightened with white chalk on wove paper

overall: 21.5 x 16.1 cm (8 7/16 x 6 5/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Alexis Charles Henry de Tocqueville

1848 · lithograph

National Gallery of Art

Portrait of the Baroness Chassériau

1846 · Graphite on cream wove paper

31.4 × 23.5 cm (12 3/8 × 9 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Portrait of Madame Ravaisson

1846 · Graphite on white wove paper darkened to buff

13 1/8 x 10 in. (35.1 x 26.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Portrait of Félix Ravaisson

1846 · Graphite on white wove paper darkened to buff

13 1/8 x 10 in. (33.3 x 25.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Portrait of Madame Gabrielle Marcotte de Quivières

1845 · Graphite on white wove paper darkened to buff, mounted on stiff paper

12 13/16 x 10 3/4 in. (32.5 x 27.3 cm); Rabbet: 22 x 16 in. (55.9 x 40.6 cm.); Overall Frame: H x W x D: 18 x 24 x 1 1/4 in. (45.7 x 61 x 3.2 cm.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Apollon et Daphne

1844 · lithograph

National Gallery of Art

Oh! Oh! Oh!, plate fourteen from Othello

1844 · Etching, engraving, and roulette on paper

Image: 31.4 × 24.8 cm (12 3/8 × 9 13/16 in.); Plate: 36.7 × 26.5 cm (14 1/2 × 10 7/16 in.); Approx. sheet: 63.8 × 44.5 cm (25 1/8 × 17 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Yet She Must Die, plate eleven from Othello

1844 · Etching, engraving, roulette, and drypoint on paper

Image: 30.9 × 24.2 cm (12 3/16 × 9 9/16 in.); Plate: 36.7 × 26.3 cm (14 1/2 × 10 3/8 in.); Approx. sheet: 63.8 × 44.5 cm (25 1/8 × 17 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

He Smothers Her, plate thirteen from Othello

1844 · Etching, engraving, roulette, and drypoint on paper

Image: 25 × 22.7 cm (9 7/8 × 8 15/16 in.); Plate: 34.7 × 24.8 cm (13 11/16 × 9 13/16 in.); Approx. sheet: 63.8 × 44.5 cm (25 1/8 × 17 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

O Spartan dog, plate fifteen from Othello

1844 · Etching, engraving, and roulette on paper

Image: 28.7 × 37.2 cm (11 5/16 × 14 11/16 in.); Plate: 32.1 × 40.4 cm (12 11/16 × 15 15/16 in.); Approx. sheet: 63.8 × 44.5 cm (25 1/8 × 17 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Villain, Thou Diest, plate ten from Othello

1844 · Etching, engraving, and aquatint on paper

Image: 28.8 × 21.7 cm (11 3/8 × 8 9/16 in.); Plate: 34.8 × 25 cm (13 3/4 × 9 7/8 in.); Approx. sheet: 63.8 × 44.5 cm (25 1/8 × 17 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Therefore be merry, Cassio, plate six from Othello

1844 · Etching, engraving, roulette, and drypoint on paper

Image: 26.8 × 21.5 cm (10 9/16 × 8 1/2 in.); Plate: 31.8 × 24.5 cm (12 9/16 × 9 11/16 in.); Approx. sheet: 63.8 × 44.5 cm (25 1/8 × 17 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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

1844 · Etching, engraving, roulette, and drypoint on paper

Image: 27.6 × 22.9 cm (10 7/8 × 9 1/16 in.); Plate: 32 × 24.6 cm (12 5/8 × 9 11/16 in.); Approx. sheet: 63.8 × 44.5 cm (25 1/8 × 17 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Willow Song, plate nine from Othello

1844 · Etching, engraving, roulette, and drypoint on paper

Image: 29.3 × 22.9 cm (11 9/16 × 9 1/16 in.); Plate: 36.8 × 26.3 cm (14 1/2 × 10 3/8 in.); Approx. sheet: 63.8 × 44.5 cm (25 1/8 × 17 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Away!, plate seven from Othello

1844 · Etching, engraving, roulette, drypoint, and aquatint on paper

Image: 23.7 × 32.1 cm (9 3/8 × 12 11/16 in.); Plate: 26.2 × 36.5 cm (10 3/8 × 14 3/8 in.); Approx. sheet: 63.8 × 44.5 cm (25 1/8 × 17 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Honest Iago, my Desdemona must I leave to thee, plate four from Othello

1844 · Etching, engraving, roulette, and drypoint on paper

Image: 28.4 × 21.2 cm (11 3/16 × 8 3/8 in.); Plate: 36.5 × 26.6 cm (14 3/8 × 10 1/2 in.); Approx. sheet: 63.8 × 44.5 cm (25 1/8 × 17 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

She Thank'd Me, plate two from Othello

1844 · Etching, engraving, and roulette on paper

Image: 28 × 21.1 cm (11 1/16 × 8 5/16 in.); Plate: 36.6 × 26.3 cm (14 7/16 × 10 3/8 in.); Approx. sheet: 63.8 × 44.5 cm (25 1/8 × 17 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (5)

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Art Institute Chicago
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The Met
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Cleveland Museum of Art

Oh! Oh! Oh!, plate fourteen from Othello (1844)

Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

Othello's Speech to the Senators of Venice (c. 1844)

Art Institute of Chicago

O Spartan dog, plate fifteen from Othello (1844)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of the Baroness Chassériau (1846)

Art Institute of Chicago

Owake! what ho! Brabantio! thieves! thieves!, plate one from Othello (1844)

Art Institute of Chicago

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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