| Portrait of Armand Carrel | |
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| Artist | Hendrik Scheffer |
| Year | 1833 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, portrait painting |
| Dimensions | 117 cm× 90 cm(46 in× 35 in) |
| Location | Musée Carnavalet, Paris |
The Portrait of Armand Carrel is an 1833 portrait painting by the Dutch-French artist Hendrik Scheffer [1] depicting the journalist Armand Carrel. Carrel was noted for his co-founding of the Le National newspaper along with Adolphe Thiers and others. He was connected to the artist through his brother Arnold Scheffer who worked on the newspaper. [2]
The painting was exhibited at the Salon of 1833 at the Louvre. Today it is in the collection of the Musée Carnavalet in Paris, having been acquired in 1987. [3] Ary Scheffer, brother of Hendrik, also depicted Carrel on his deathbed in 1836. [4]