Baron Arthur Nedjma Chassériau (1850, Algiers

Algiers

' is the capital and largest city of Algeria. According to the 1998 census, the population of the city proper was 1,519,570 and that of the urban agglomeration was 2,135,630. In 2009, the population was about 3,500,000...

 - 1934, Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

) was a French stock broker

Stock broker

A stock broker or stockbroker is a regulated professional broker who buys and sells shares and other securities through market makers or Agency Only Firms on behalf of investors...

, art lover and art collector, most notable as a major donor to the Musée du Louvre. He was the son of Charles Frédéric Chassériau

Charles Frédéric Chassériau

Baron Charles Frédéric Chassériau was a French architect, who served as chief architect of the cities of Marseille, Constantine and Algiers. He was the son of the Napoleonic general Victor Frédéric Chassériau and the father of three children, including the art collector Arthur Chassériau...

, chief architect of Algiers, thus making him first cousin to the painter Théodore Chassériau

Théodore Chassériau

Théodore Chassériau was a French romantic painter noted for his portraits, historical and religious paintings, allegorical murals, and Orientalist images inspired by his travels to Algeria.-Life and work:...

 - one of Arthur's donations to the Louvre was Aline Chassériau

Aline Chassériau

Aline Chassériau is an 1835 oil on canvas painting by French romantic artist Théodore Chassériau, which represents Aline Chassériau , the painter's younger sister...

, Théodore's painting of his younger sister. He was a knight of the Légion d'honneur

Légion d'honneur

The Legion of Honour, or in full the National Order of the Legion of Honour is a French order established by Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul of the Consulat which succeeded to the First Republic, on 19 May 1802...

 and a recipient of the Médaille coloniale and the Médaille commémorative de la guerre 1870-1871

Médaille commémorative de la guerre 1870-1871

The Médaille commémorative de la guerre 1870–1871 was a bronze French medal established by a law of 9 November 1911 for those who had served under French colours in France or Algeria between July 1870 and February 1871, during the Franco-Prussian War...

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