Maurice Quentin de La Tour
(1704-1788)
Abbé Nollet,
um 1753
Material / Technology / Carrier
Pastell
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 31.01.2023)
La Tour prided himself on capturing the innermost essence of the figures he portrayed in his works. In his rendition of the facial features of physician and clergyman Jean Antoine Nollet, he skillfully added individual chalk lines to suggest the agility of Nollet’s mind.
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