The Breakfast,

um 1752

Material / Technology / Carrier

Pastel on parchment

Dimensions of the object

67,3 x 54 cm

Displayed

AP OG Saal XIIa

Department

French Painting

Genre

Painting

Inventory number

HUW 30

Acquisition

Dauerleihgabe der HypoVereinsbank, Member of UniCredit. - 1974 erworben durch die Bayerische Hypotheken- und Wechsel-Bank

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München

Citation

Jean-Étienne Liotard, Das Frühstück, um 1752, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/ZMLJkpqGJv (Last updated on 14.04.2025)

In this pastel, Liotard depicts the fair complexion of the women and the different types of cloth in their clothing. In comparison with the works of La Tour, the surfaces seem homogeneous and smooth; Liotard does without sketchlike strokes of pastel crayon. The facial features of the seated woman seem portrait-like, blurring the border between portrait and genre.