Work of Art Details
Portrait Of Marquise D'Argenson Description: The elegant works of Jean-Marc Nattier exemplify mid 18th-century French portraiture. Although he was admitted to the Académie Royale (Royal Academy) as a painter of historical subjects (then ranked as the highest category of painting), Nattier specialized in the less prestigious genre of portraiture. Though he worked at the court of Louis XV, he broke with the baroque tradition of grandiose portraits. Instead, he produced naturalistic paintings of Queen Marie Leszczynska and her daughters, as well as Mme. de Pompadour and other members of the nobility. Artist: Jean-Marc Nattier (French, 1685-1766) Reign: Louis XV (1715-1774) Country: France Provenance: Comtesse de la Morélie, Falaise, France; King Sale, American Art Association, New York, March, 31, 1905, no. 62; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1905, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest. Credit Line: Acquired by Henry Walters, after 1905 |
