Paul DELAROCHE (Paris, 1797 - 1856) Portrait of Casimir Delavigne (1793-1843) Black stone, red chalk, white chalk, estompe. Signed and dated "1826" in the lower right corner. 28 x 21 cm Exhibition : Paul Delaroche, un peintre dans l'histoire, Nantes, musée des Beaux-arts, Montpellier, Pavillon du musée Fabre, 1999-2000, no. 5, p. 157, reproduced. Casimir Delavigne, poet and playwright, was Delaroche's close friend and his exact counterpart in literature. From Delaroche's famous painting Les Enfants d'Edouard, Casimir Delavigne wrote a tragedy which was a triumph two years later. Our portrait is a beautiful testimony of their friendship.