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Louis Quinze, Roy de France (Louis XV)

1767

Jean-Charles François

Associated Names

Jean-Charles François

Artist, French, 1717 - 1769

This image shows a waist-up portrait of a man looking forward. He has distinct facial features, including a strong nose, full lips, and arched eyebrows. His hair is styled in a classical manner with curls framing the sides, appearing grey or aged white. He wears an elaborate outfit typical of the 18th century, with a high-collared shirt with ruffles at the neckline and a sash-like garment draped over his shoulder, adorned with intricate detailing. There are no visible jewelry or objects. The background is an oval-shaped area with a textured pattern, resembling the frame of an engraved portrait.

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Artwork overview

Medium

chalk manner, stipple, and soft-ground etching printed in red ink
Credit Line

Gift of A. Thompson Ellwanger III and Gregory E. Mescha in honor of Margaret Morgan Grasselli
Dimensions

plate: 34.3 x 23.1 cm (13 1/2 x 9 1/8 in.)
Accession Number

2003.50.1
Catalogue Raisonné

IFF (1700), no. 81

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Galerie Terrades, Paris); purchased 2003 by NGA.

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Exhibition History

2003

Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004, no. 15, as Louis Quinze, Roy de France (Louis XV) by Jean-Charles François.

Bibliography

1930

Inventaire du Fonds Français, Graveurs du XIIIe siècle. Paris, 1930 - 1977.

2002

Antoine Cahen, Galerie Terrades. Paris, 2002: no. 12.

2003

Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004: no. 15.

Wikidata ID

Q76345598

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