Monsieur Frère du Roi (The King's Brother)

1789

Antoine François Sergent after Joseph Siffred Duplessis

Associated Names
Antoine-François Sergent

Artist, French, 1751 - 1847

Joseph Siffred Duplessis

Artist After, French, 1725 - 1802

The image shows a portrait of a man from the waist up. He is facing forward with his head slightly turned to his left, looking directly at the viewer. The man has white, wavy hair styled back and soft facial features with a slight smile. He wears a high-collared, elaborate silver coat with embroidered floral patterns, a blue vest, a decorative medal or insignia, and a cream-colored cravat. The portrait is framed with inscriptions and features a relief-style panel below it with cherubic figures and various objects, including a harp and a distant winged figure. The background is detailed and ornate, enhancing the historical and artistic theme of the portrait.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wash manner, printed in blue, red, carmine, yellow, orange, green and black inks

  • Credit Line

    Katharine Shepard Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 20.3 x 14.2 cm (8 x 5 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 20.9 x 14.7 cm (8 1/4 x 5 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.132.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Paul McCarron, New York); purchased 2000 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2003

  • Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004, no. 75, as Monsieur Frère du Roi (The King's Brother) by Antoine-François Sergent after Joseph-Siffred Duplessis.

Bibliography

2003

  • Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004: no. 75.

Inscriptions

lower left below image: Duplessis px. (partially cut off); lower right below image: A. Sergent sc.; lower center below image: 1789; in image across top of frame: MONSIEUR FRERE DU ROI; in image across bottom frame: Né le 17 Nov. 1755; by later hand, upper verso in graphite: Monsieur, frère du Roi Louis XVI / Louis Stanislas Xavier Conte de Provence / 1755 - 1824 / afterwards Louis XVIIIth; by later hand, lower verso in graphite: after Duplessis?; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: P.6785

Wikidata ID

Q76336100

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