Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Philippe (1689-1768),

1748

Material / Technology / Carrier

Pastel on paper on canvas

Dimensions of the object

67 x 55 cm

Displayed

AP OG Saal XIIa

Department

French Painting

Genre

Painting

Inventory number

GST 25

Acquisition

2021 als Leihgabe der Museumsstiftung zur Förderung der Staatlichen Bayerischen Museen; Vermächtnis Fritz Lehnhoff

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München

Citation

Maurice Quentin de La Tour, Porträt Jean-Baptiste Philippe (1689-1768), 1748, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/Dj4mB1z3x5 (Last updated on 12.12.2023)

This portrait shows Jean-Baptiste Philippe (16891768), a wealthy and influential financier, aged fiftynine. He is dressed in elegant clothing and gazes out with a slightly detached expression. La Tour uses the pastel technique in an especially subtle way in this work, with striking strokes accentuating details of the clothing and finer lines evoking blush in the face.