JOHANN JULIUS HEINSIUS (1740-1812) Marie-Adélaide de France / Madame Adélaide (1784) Oil on canvas: 135 x 105 cm Private collection To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" The author of this beautiful portrait was a German called Johann Julius Heintz or Heinse; however, like many of his contemporaries and …
Tag: Versailles
Nicolas de Largillière
NICOLAS DE LARGILLIERE (1656-1746) Self-portrait (1711) Oil on canvas (80 x 65 cm) Chateau de Versailles To enlarge the image, right-click on it and choose "Open in a new tab" Largillière painted several portraits of himself: in 1699 (Tours, Musee des Beaux-Arts), 1711 (Versailles, Chateau), 1724 (Montpellier, Musee Fabre) and 1729 (Florence, Uffizi). These works …
Monsieur Lerambert
ALEXIS-SIMON BELLE (1674-1734) Portrait of Louis Lerambert Oil on canvas (130 x 99 cm) To enlarge the image, right-click on it and choose "Open in a new tab" Born into a family of artists Alexis-Simon Belle trained under Francois de Troy. He followed the teaching dispensed by the Royal Academy and won the Prix de …
A View of Versailles
JEAN-BAPTISTE MARTIN (1658-1735) View of the Forecourts of the Chateau de Versailles and the Stables (1688) Oil on canvas (260 x 184 cm) Chateau de Versailles Leading onto the Gallery, the Cool Room at Trianon linked the King's apartments, of which it was part, to those of Mme de Maintenon. The painting over the mantelpiece, …
Portrait of a Gardener
CARLO MARATTA (1625-1713) Portrait of Andre Le Notre (1679-80) Oil on canvas (112 x 85 cm) Chateau de Versailles To enlarge the image, right-click on it and choose "Open in a new tab" Carlo Maratta was one of the great Italian masters of the Late Baroque who excelled particularly in the genre of portraiture. From …
Portrait of a Portraitist
MARC NATTIER (1642-1705) Portrait of Gilbert de Seve Oil on canvas (117 x 88 cm) Chateau de Versailles To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and choose "Open in a new tab" We normally associate the surname Nattier with Jean-Marc (1685-1766) the famous portraitist of Louis XV and his court, or even Jean-Baptiste (1678-1726). The …
A Goldsmith
FRENCH SCHOOL Portrait of a Goldsmith Oil on canvas (92 x 76 cm) Chateau de Versailles To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and choose "Open in a new tab" Despite the extremely high quality of this work, characterized by an uncompromising realism and an execution that reveals the hand of a virtuoso, the identities …
The French Cardinal
GIOVANNI BATTISTA GAULLI, known as BACICCIO Portrait of Emmanuel Theodose de La Tour d'Auvergne, Cardinal de Bouillon (1670) Oil on canvas (121 x 97 cm) Chateau de Versailles To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and then "Open in a new tab" Dramatized by the crimson velvet drapery, this sumptuous composition showing a young prelate …
Le Grand Colbert
CLAUDE LEFEBVRE (1632-1674) Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1666) Oil on canvas (138 x 113 cm) Chateau de Versailles To enlarge the image, right-click on it, then "Open in a new tab" Claude Lefebvre was the son of the painter Jean Lefebvre (1600-1664); he was baptized on 12th September 1632 at the church of Saint Louis …
A French Hero
CHARLES LEBRUN (1619-1690) Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne Oil on canvas (67 x 52 cm) Chateau de Versailles To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" This Portrait of Turenne, with its stunning sense of presence and truth, is not a finished work, but a study for …
Old Masters 