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Source Description
The elegant works of Jean-Marc Nattier exemplify mid 18th-century French portraiture. Although he was admitted to the Académie Royale (Royal Academy) as a painter of historical subjects (then ranked as the highest category of painting), Nattier specialized in the less prestigious genre of portraiture. Though he worked at the court of Louis XV, he broke with the baroque tradition of grandiose portraits. Instead, he produced naturalistic paintings of Queen Marie Leszczynska and her daughters, as well as Madame de Pompadour and other members of the nobility.The subject of this light-hearted, informal portrait is currently unknown. Previous scholarship, however, identified the young woman as the wife of Antoine-René de Voyer d'Argenson, marquis of Paulmy, who was minister of war under Louis XV and French ambassador to Poland. The museum continues to research this painting and its sitter.
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Document identity
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2255
label
Portrait of a Woman and her Dog
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drawing
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3
Source metadata
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2255
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drawing
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normalized
title
Portrait of a Woman and her Dog
description
The elegant works of Jean-Marc Nattier exemplify mid 18th-century French portraiture. Although he was admitted to the Académie Royale (Royal Academy) as a painter of historical subjects (then ranked as the highest category of painting), Nattier specialized in the less prestigious genre of portraiture. Though he worked at the court of Louis XV, he broke with the baroque tradition of grandiose portraits. Instead, he produced naturalistic paintings of Queen Marie Leszczynska and her daughters, as well as Madame de Pompadour and other members of the nobility.The subject of this light-hearted, informal portrait is currently unknown. Previous scholarship, however, identified the young woman as the wife of Antoine-René de Voyer d'Argenson, marquis of Paulmy, who was minister of war under Louis XV and French ambassador to Poland. The museum continues to research this painting and its sitter.
provenance
Comtesse de la Morélie, Falaise, France; King Sale, American Art Association, New York, March, 31, 1905, no. 62; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1905, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1750
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CC0
language
en
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Painting & Drawing
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3
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
101.5
height
80.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 39 15/16 x W: 31 11/16 in. (101.5 x 80.5 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Artist Signature]: painted in artist's hand
lower left of canvas ""Nattier""; [Date]: painted in artist hand ""1850""; [Sticker]: Paper label on reverse of frame torn off at bottom—written in ink: - ‘Portrait by Nattier representing la -- -- -- --se d’Argenson
Collection -- --‘ “
reign
Louis XV (1715-1774)
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oil on canvas
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2464
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2159
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