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Nicolas de Largillière was among the most highly esteemed and prolific portrait painters working in the time of Louis XIV of France, and his popularity continued through the period of the regency that followed Louis's death in 1715. His portraits were admired for their deftly rendered textures and for the confident poses that lent a sense of grandeur and ease to the sitters. They were sought after by a diverse clientele, ranging from royalty and courtiers to the upper middle class. In this work, one of his many self-portraits, Largillière presented himself as fashionably dressed and self-assured, the master of his art. He depicted himself as ready to lay out a painting, working with a porte-crayon (a piece of chalk in a holder) on the blank canvas behind him.
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| Medium | oil paint (paint) |
| Dimensions | 64 × 81 Cm |
| Tags | self-portraitsartistblue (color)Canvaspaintingfashionportraits: French subjectportraits: male subjectportraitportraits |
| Certificate | Certificate not provided |
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Possibly Ange Laurent de Lalive de Jully, Paris
Possibly Ange Laurent de Lalive de Jully, Paris
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sold Paris, March 5 (sale postponed until May 2-14), 1770, no....
sold Paris, March 5 (sale postponed until May 2-14), 1770, no. 54, “Le Portrait de ce Peintre tenant un porte-crayon, il est à mi corps & peint sur toile de 2 pieds 6 pouces de haut, sur 2 pieds de large” [81 x 64.8 cm], possibly to Métra (or Mettra), for 130 livres [annotated cat., Bibliothèque nationale de France]. Smirnoff Gallery, Moscow [according to Paris 1878 exh. cat.]. Alfred Edwards, Paris by 1878 [lent to Paris 1878]
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Paris, Palais du Trocadéro, Exposition Universelle de 1878, no. 594 (cat. published as Notice historique et analytique des peintures, sculptures, tapisseries, miniatures, émaux, dessins, etc., by Henry Jouin, Paris, 1879).
Paris, Palais du Trocadéro, Exposition Universelle de 1878, no. 594 (cat. published as Notice historique et analytique des peintures, sculptures, tapisseries, miniatures, émaux, dessins, etc., by Henry Jouin, Paris, 1879).
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J[oseph[ B[aillio] in Philip Conisbee et al., The Collections of the National Gallery of Art, French Paintings of the Fifteenth through the Eighteenth Century, Washington, D.C., 2009, pp. 300, 302 n. 5.
J[oseph[ B[aillio] in Philip Conisbee et al., The Collections of the National Gallery of Art, French Paintings of the Fifteenth through the Eighteenth Century, Washington, D.C., 2009, pp. 300, 302 n. 5.
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sold Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 25, 1905, no....
sold Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 25, 1905, no. 28 (ill.) to Ducrey, for Fr. 18,200 [annotated cat. in Frick Art Reference Library]. Jacquinot, Paris, from the 1920s [letter of 7 April 1987 from R. Pardo in curatorial file]
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Susan Wise and Malcolm Warner, French and British Paintings from 1600 to 1800 in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Collection, Chicago, 1996, pp. 90-93 ill.
Susan Wise and Malcolm Warner, French and British Paintings from 1600 to 1800 in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Collection, Chicago, 1996, pp. 90-93 ill.
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Sally Ruth May, Art Institute of Chicago. The Essential Guide, ed. James N. Wood and Teri J. Edelstein, Chicago, 1993, p. 138, ill.
Sally Ruth May, Art Institute of Chicago. The Essential Guide, ed. James N. Wood and Teri J. Edelstein, Chicago, 1993, p. 138, ill.
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James N. Wood and Katherine C. Lee, Master Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago, 1988, pp. 9, 38, ill.
James N. Wood and Katherine C. Lee, Master Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago, 1988, pp. 9, 38, ill.
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sold to the Art Institute, 1987.
sold to the Art Institute, 1987.
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sold by Jacquinot to Galerie Pardo, Paris, 1987 [letter cited above]
sold by Jacquinot to Galerie Pardo, Paris, 1987 [letter cited above]
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Art Institute of Chicago, Annual Report 1986-1987, Chicago, 1987, p. 56, pl. 5.
Art Institute of Chicago, Annual Report 1986-1987, Chicago, 1987, p. 56, pl. 5.
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Georges de Lastic, “Largillierre à Montréal,” Gazette des Beaux Arts 6th ser., 102
Georges de Lastic, “Largillierre à Montréal,” Gazette des Beaux Arts 6th ser., 102 (1983), p. 37.
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Georges de Lastic, “Propos sur Nicolas de Largillierre en marge d’une exposition,” Revue de l’art, no. 61
Georges de Lastic, “Propos sur Nicolas de Largillierre en marge d’une exposition,” Revue de l’art, no. 61 (1983), p. 74.
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Myra Nan Rosenfeld in Largillierre and the Eighteenth-Century Portrait, exh. cat., Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1981, pp. 43, 48, 51-52 under nos. 1, 2
Myra Nan Rosenfeld in Largillierre and the Eighteenth-Century Portrait, exh. cat., Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1981, pp. 43, 48, 51-52 under nos. 1, 2 (version 3).
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Pierre Rosenberg in Pittura francese nelle collezioni pubbliche fiorentine, exh. cat., Florence, Palazzo Pitti, 1977, p. 45, under no. 12.
Pierre Rosenberg in Pittura francese nelle collezioni pubbliche fiorentine, exh. cat., Florence, Palazzo Pitti, 1977, p. 45, under no. 12.
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