UNKNOWN MASTER, French (active around 1750) |
Young Woman with a Muffc. 1750Oil on canvas, 118 x 95 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington | |
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Despite its Italian provenance, the portrait is in all likelihood a product of the French school. In terms of costume and pose the portrait is related to Jean-Marc Nattier's portrait of the Comtesse de Tillières in the Wallace Collection, London. However, the portrait lacks the vivid sense of characterization of Nattier's more elegant and sophisticated portraiture. | |