Maurice Quentin de La Tour
(1704-1788)
Abbé Nollet,
um 1753
Material / Technology / Carrier
Pastel on paper on canvas
Dimensions of the object
64,9 x 54,9 cm
Displayed
AP OG Saal XIIa
Acquisition
Dauerleihgabe der HypoVereinsbank, Member of UniCredit.- 1966 erworben durch die Bayerische Hypotheken- und Wechselbank.
Stock
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München
Citation
Maurice Quentin de La Tour, Abbé Nollet, um 1753, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/8MLvr9ZLz3 (Last updated on 14.04.2025)
Jean-Antoine Nollet (1700-1770) studied theology and was an ordained deacon, but he was especially known as an experimental physicist; he was also the physics teacher of the children of King Louis XV. La Tour depicts Abbé Nollet, whom he knew well, in a slightly turned, animated pose, as if he were involved in a conversation, and gives him a watchful, concentrated gaze.
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