Portrait of Dominique Lacordaire


Portrait of Dominique Lacordaire is an 1840 portrait painting by the French artist Théodore Chassériau. It depicts the Catholic priest and theologian Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire. He is depicted in the dress of the Dominican Order to which he belonged against the backdrop of the Santa Sabina in Rome.
Chassériau was a member of the Romantic movement in French art, strongly influenced by Eugène Delacroix. The portrait was displayed at the Salon of 1841 in Paris.Today the painting is in the city's Louvre Museum, having been acquired in 1906.