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DAVID, Jacques-Louis: Portrait of Doctor Alphonse Leroy

🖼 Portrait of Doctor Alphonse Leroy, 1783
Oil on canvas
72 × 91 cm
Montpellier, France

Rendered in cool grays and earth tones, the doctor sits with intellectual composure, his gaze direct and penetrating. This neoclassical portrait exemplifies David's ability to capture bourgeois dignity while establishing the psychological intensity that would define French portraiture's modern era.

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