Sketches of a Gentleman

Jacques André Portail

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Jacques André Portail

Artist, French, 1695 - 1759

The image shows a sketch of five figures depicted in various stances. They are dressed in attire characteristic of the period, wearing long coats, knee-length breeches, cravats, and tricorn hats. The clothing details are emphasized, conveying movement. The figures are interacting with each other or an unseen object. The drawing is monochromatic, predominantly in red chalk, with minimal facial features depicted. The background is plain and lacks additional context.

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Bibliography

1968

  • Sutton, Denys., France in the eighteenth century. Exh. cat. Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1968: 395.

1996

  • Salmon, Xavier. Jacques André Portail: 1675-1754. Cahiers du dessin français No. 10, Galerie de Bayser, ed. 1996: 20, 63, no. 40.

1999

  • Grasselli, Margaret Morgan. "Problems of Connoisseurship in the Drawings of the Watteau School, New Attributions to Pater, Lancret, and Portail." In exh. cat. Watteau and His World, New York and Ottawa, 1999-2000, 65-66, 67, note 27, fig. 62.

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Q64580095

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