Louis Michel Vanloo

1779

Simon Charles Miger after Louis Michel Van Loo

Associated Names
Simon Charles Miger

Artist, French, 1736 - 1820

Louis Michel Van Loo

Artist After, French, 1707 - 1771

The image shows two men. One man is seated in a three-quarter pose, facing slightly right with a hand resting on a chair's back. He has a round face with a prominent chin and direct eye contact. His hair is wavy, styled back, and he wears an ornate outfit with a textured coat over a detailed vest and collared shirt. In the background, another man is standing to the right, with similar hairstyle and attire, near a large canvas or easel.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving with etching on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John O'Brien

  • Dimensions

    plate: 40.2 x 28.2 cm (15 13/16 x 11 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 42.5 x 30.1 cm (16 3/4 x 11 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1985.44.12

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Portalis/Beraldi 1880, no. 55

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1880

  • Portalis, baron Roger and Henri Beraldi. Les graveurs du dix-huitieme siecle. 2 parts, 3 vols. each part. Paris, 1880.

1910

  • Thomas, Thomas Head. French Portrait Engraving of the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries. London, 1910: 146.

Inscriptions

across bottom in plate: Louis Michel Vanloo, Ecuier, Chevalier de l'Ordre du Roi, Premier Peintre / du Roi d'Espagne, ancien Recteur de l'Academie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, / Peint par lui meme, en 1762. travaillant au portrau de feu son Pere / Jean Baptis te Vanloo, Peintre du Roi, Professeur en la meme Academie. / Grave, en 1779. par Simon Charles Miger Graveur du Roi.

Wikidata ID

Q74067423

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