Ph. Cl. A. de Thubières, Comte de Caylus

c. 1765

Jean-Baptiste-André Gautier Dagoty

Associated Names
Jean-Baptiste-André Gautier-Dagoty

Artist, French, 1740 - 1786

The image depicts a person in profile, seated or poised in a slightly turned position. The individual has a straight nose, full lips, and a high forehead. Their gaze is directed forward. The person's hair is styled in voluminous curls, and they are wearing a dark, richly textured coat with a visible portion of a shirt underneath, featuring a ruffled or lace collar at the neckline. There are no visible accessories or jewelry. The backdrop is dark and uniform.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Purchased as the gift of Dewayne and Faith Perry

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.6 × 19.2 cm (9 5/16 × 7 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 25.2 × 20.2 cm (9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.26.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    IFF (1700), no. 83

  • Series Title

    Galerie françoise

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Vladimir Poliakoff, London (not in Lugt). (James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA); purchased by NGA, 2013.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1930

  • Inventaire du Fonds Français, Graveurs du XIIIe siècle. Paris, 1930 - 1977: no. 83.

Inscriptions

recto: lower left in plate: G. Dagoty del.; lower right in plate: et Sculp.; lower center in plate: PH. CL. A. DE THUBIERES, COMTE DE CAYLUS; verso: none

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q77006232

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