Claude Dupouch

c. 1739

Maurice-Quentin de La Tour

Associated Names
Maurice-Quentin de La Tour

Artist, French, 1704 - 1788

The image shows a man seated in a red, ornately patterned chair. He leans slightly forward with his arms resting on the back of the chair. His head is turned slightly to the left, facing the viewer. The man has a round face with warm complexion and gentle features. He has dark eyes and is bald, with some hair above his ears. He wears a black cap and a black coat with a white ruffled shirt visible at the cuffs. A bright blue fabric is also visible. In the background, there is a brown-toned backdrop contrasting with a sky-blue panel on the right. An easel is partially visible.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pastel on blue laid paper mounted on canvas (on stretcher/strainer)

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 59.4 x 49.4 cm (23 3/8 x 19 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1961.9.76

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Louis Duval de l'Épinoy; Marquis Joffroy de Beaumont-Beynac, Château de la Roque, Dordogne; Galerie Cailleux, Paris; purchased by Samuel H. Kress, 1956; gift to NGA, 1961

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1955

  • Schönheit des XVIII. Jahrhunderts. Zurich, Kunsthaus, 1955, no. 177.

2009

  • Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1500-1800. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2009, 136-137, 283, no. 59 (color).

2019

  • The Touch of Color: Pastels at the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019 - 2020, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1959

  • National Gallery of Art. Paintings and Sculpture from the Samuel H. Kress Collection. Washington, 1959: 357, repro.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1965: 73.

1975

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. Washington, 1975: 188, repro.

1976

  • Johnson, Edward Mead. Francis Cotes: Complete Edition with a Critical Essay and a Catalogue. Oxford: Phaidon Press, 1976: 10, fig. 19.

1977

  • Eisler, Colin. Paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: European Schools Excluding Italian. Oxford, 1977: 321-322, fig. 290.

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 326, no. 430, color repro.

1985

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. Washington, 1985: 219, repro.

1992

  • Rosenfeld, Myra Nan. "La culture de Largillierre." Revue de l'art 92 (1992): 50, 53 n. 77, fig. 16.

2000

  • Debrie, Christine, and Xavier Salmon. Maurice-Quentin de La Tour: Prince des pastellistes. Paris, 2000: 207, 211, fig. 124.

2004

  • Salmon, Xavier. Le voleur d'âmes: Maurice-Quentin de La Tour. Exh. cat. Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, Versailles. Versailles, 2004: 105.

2006

  • Jeffares, Neil. Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800. London, 2006: 288.

Wikidata ID

Q64609115

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