# Monsieur Deleu, in Amedeo Modigliani

Amedeo Modigliani painted this in 1916, aged 32. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

Our note:

> A round-faced man in a rust-red jacket and white cravat sits with his knees crossed, eyes lowered to slate-blue slivers beneath one cocked eyebrow.

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## The work

- Date: 1916
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Dimensions: overall: 81.1 x 46.7 cm (31 15/16 x 18 3/8 in.) framed: 90.8 x 55.5 cm (35 3/4 x 21 7/8 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1963.10.76
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Amedeo Modigliani](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/amedeo-modigliani), Italian, 1884–1920

Modigliani trained in Italy before moving to Paris in 1906, where he lived the precarious life of Montmartre and Montparnasse.

4 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [Amedeo Modigliani's contemporaries](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-amedeo-modigliani?hang=749) (8 works)
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