JEAN-FRANCOIS DE TROY (1679-1752) Bacchus and Ariadne (1725) Oil on canvas (163 x 130 cm) Musée Fabre, Montpellier To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Jean-Francois de Troy, the most important and gifted member of a family of painters from Toulouse, was taught by his father, Francois de Troy …
Tag: Rococo
French naughtieness
NICOLAS LANCRET (1690-1743) Mischief (1735) Oil on canvas (36 x 29 cm) National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin To enlarge the image, right-click on it, then "Open in a new tab" The following text belongs to the entry written by Fiounnala Croke, Curator, National Gallery of Ireland, for the catalogue of the exhibition “European Masterpieces from the …
Madame Adelaide
ADELAIDE LABILLE-GUIARD (1749-1803) Portrait of Madame Adelaide de France (1787) Oil on canvas 271 x 194 cm Chateau de Versailles To enlarge the image, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Adélaide Labille was born in Paris, the youngest of eight children. Her father was a haberdasher who owned a shop named A la …
Augustin Pajou
ADELAIDE LABILLE-GUIARD (1749-1803) Portrait of the sculptor Augustin Pajou (1783) Pastel on paper: 72 x 63 cm Musée du Louvre Adélaide Labille was born in Paris, the youngest of eight children. Her father was a haberdasher who owned a shop named A la Toilette; by a curious coincidence, the future Madame du Barry worked in …
Old Masters 