Die Marquise de Baglion als Flora,

1746

Material / Technology / Carrier

Leinwand

Dimensions of the object

137 x 106 cm

Displayed

AP OG Saal XII

Department

Französische Malerei

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

HUW 19

Acquisition

Dauerleihgabe der HypoVereinsbank, Member of UniCredit. - 1971 erworben durch die Bayerische Hypotheken- und Wechsel-Bank.

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München

Citation

Jean-Marc Nattier, Die Marquise de Baglion als Flora, 1746, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/RQ4Xljz410 (Last updated on 13.01.2022)

Jean-Marc Nattier was a sought-after portrait painter; he immortalised numerous society ladies, not least of all King Louis XV’s daughters, in allegorical, mythological pictures. Angélique-Louise-Sophie, the marquise de Baglion, seems transformed into a supernatural being. Nattier lends her idealised, harmonious facial features and clothes her in a delicate robe that accentuate her generous figure. The various flowers identify her as Flora, the goddess of flowers and of spring.