Charles Francois Paul Le Normant de Tournehem

1754

Nicolas-Gabriel Dupuis after Louis Tocqué

Associated Names
Nicolas-Gabriel Dupuis

Artist, French, 1698 - 1771

Louis Tocqué

Artist After, French, 1696 - 1772

The image shows a man in a portrait. He is standing with a slight turn to the left and his head facing the viewer. He has a composed expression with arched eyebrows and a small smile. The man's hair is styled in voluminous curls, likely a wig from the 18th century. He is wearing an embroidered coat with floral motifs, lace-trimmed cuffs, and a ruffled cravat. His right hand rests on a piece of furniture draped with fabric, with a sculpture of a female figure holding a staff on it. The background features a large decorative vase on a pedestal to the left and heavy drapery with tassels on the right. The image has a monochromatic tone typical of an engraving.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John O'Brien

  • Dimensions

    plate: 50.8 x 34.6 cm (20 x 13 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 56.1 x 40.4 cm (22 1/16 x 15 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1984.92.8

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Firmin-Didot 'Portraits', no. 551


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1875

  • Firmin-Didot, Ambroise. Les graveurs de portraits en France; catalogue raisonne de la collection des portraits de l'ecole francaise. 2 vols. Paris:Firmin-Didot, 1875-1877.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: L.Toquet pinx; lower right in plate: N.Dupuis Sculp.; across bottom in plate: (inscription in 4 lines broken by coat of arms)/ Grave par Nicholas Dupuis, pour sa reception a l'Academie. 1754.

Wikidata ID

Q74066383

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