Louis Michel Van Loo

Loo, Louis Michel van
Vanloo, Louis Michel

French, 1707 - 1771

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The image depicts a man's upper body. He is seated and facing slightly to his right, looking directly at the viewer. He has fair skin, light-colored eyes, and neatly styled white or grey hair that is curled and swept back from his face. His facial features include a prominent, rounded forehead and a small mouth. He is dressed in 18th-century attire, wearing a vivid blue coat over a patterned vest, and a high-collared white shirt with an elaborate cravat or necktie. The background is a simple brown color, enclosed within an oval frame, which is surrounded by a beige border with some text and light dotting. No visible jewelry or objects are held by the person in the portrait.
Pierre-Michel Alix, Helvétius, 1793, color wash manner, Gift of Mrs. W. Murray Crane, 1955.4.14

Helvétius

Pierre-Michel Alix · 1793 · color wash manner ·  Accession ID  1955.4.14

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.
Simon Charles Miger, Louis Michel Vanloo, 1779, engraving with etching on wove paper, Gift of John O'Brien, 1985.44.12

Louis Michel Vanloo

Simon Charles Miger · 1779 · engraving with etching on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1985.44.12

The portrait depicts the upper half of a man's body. The man is slightly turned to his left, with his gaze directed towards the viewer. His facial features are sharp and distinguished with a calm expression, high forehead, arched eyebrows, and well-defined cheekbones. His hair is short, wavy, and styled back. He is wearing a detailed coat with lace trimming at the collar and cuffs. The man holds a paintbrush and palette. The portrait is set in an ornate oval frame with intricate pattern designs. The background is a simple gradient. Below the portrait is a nameplate with the name "Joseph Vernet."
Louis-Jacques Cathelin, Joseph Vernet, 1770, engraving on laid paper, Gift of John O'Brien, 1991.23.7

Joseph Vernet

Louis-Jacques Cathelin · 1770 · engraving on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1991.23.7

The image shows a portrait of a man from the waist up in an oval frame. He is facing the viewer with a slight turn to his right. He has a youthful face with fair complexion, slightly arched eyebrows, and a small smile. His hair is styled in a powdered fashion with curls and tied at the back. He wears a red coat, a blue sash over his right shoulder, and a white cravat. The frame includes leaf motifs and text below states the subject as Louis Auguste, Dauphin of France. The background is a textured grayish-black pattern.
Louis-Marin Bonnet, Louis-Auguste, Dauphin de France, 1770, chalk manner, Widener Collection, 1942.9.2480

Louis-Auguste, Dauphin de France

Louis-Marin Bonnet · 1770 · chalk manner ·  Accession ID  1942.9.2480

Shown from the chest up, a woman with smooth, pale, peachy-toned skin wearing a carnation-pink and white gown looks at us from this vertical portrait painting. The woman’s shoulders are angled to our left, but she turns her head and tips it to our right to look at us with brown eyes under curving, gray brows. She has an oval face with a straight nose, a hint of a double chin, and her full pink lips are closed in a slight smile. Her ash-brown hair is pulled up and back and curls across the top of her head around pink and white ribbons pleated to resemble flowers. Her square-necked, low-cut bodice is lined with lace across her pale decolletage. The fabric is patterned with thinner white stripes and wider dark pink stripes. A choker tight around her neck has a pink ribbon edged with white lace and tied into a bow at the front of her throat. The necklace is tied on with a white bow at the back of her neck. She wears a gold ring on the fourth finger of her left hand, which is closer to us. On that wrist, four strands of white pearls hold a miniature oval portrait of a pale-skinned person. The woman holds a gold and emerald-green compact with that hand, and the other rests on an aquamarine-blue cushion or cloth in front of her at chest height. She pinches something brown between those fingers, and a few specks of brown are in the box. She sits in a wooden chair upholstered with moss green on the back. A curtain or other swath of muted purple fabric is to the left, and the wall behind her has chair-rail molding and is painted soft leaf green.
Anonymous Artist, Portrait of a Lady, 18th century, oil on canvas, Gift of Lewis Einstein, 1953.13.1

Portrait of a Lady

Anonymous Artist · 18th century · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1953.13.1

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Oeuvres de Salomon Gessner (volume I)

Various Artists, Salomon Gessner, Pierre-Charles Baquoy, Jean Dambrun, Remi-Henri-Joseph Delvaux, Jean-Baptiste-Michel Dupreel, Emmanuel Jean Nepomucène de Ghendt, Abraham Girardet, Noël Le Mire, Louis Petit, Jean-Baptiste Blaise Simonet, Philippe Triere, Vivant Denon, Louis Michel Van Loo, Augustin de Saint-Aubin · published 1799 · 1 vol: ill: etchings and engravings (includes trial proofs) ·  Accession ID  1942.9.1555

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Louis XV

Louis-Marin Bonnet · 1770 · chalk manner printed in red on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1942.9.1668