JOUVENET, Jean-Baptiste
(b. 1644, Rouen, d. 1717, Paris)

Dr Raymond Finot

c. 1704
Oil on canvas, 73 x 59 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris

Jouvenet was a forceful portraitist, concerned - as in the pungent characterization of Dr Raymond Finot, exhibited at the Salon of 1704 - to grasp personality rather than the trappings of fine clothes. His strong naturalism is reflected in this remarkable portrait, a moving study of an old, wrinkled face.