DUPLESSIS, Joseph-Siffred
(b. 1725, Carpentras, d. 1802, Versailles)

Cristoph Wilibald von Gluck at the Spinet

1775
Oil on canvas, 99,5 x 80,5 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

During the reign of Louis XVI Duplessis was a portraitist in Paris. The most popular of his numerous portraits is that representing the great composer Gluck. It was painted during the Gluck's stay in Paris on the occasion of the first performances of his operas Iphigeneia in Aulis and Armida.

Listen to the Gavotte from Gluck's Iphigeneia in Aulis




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