At the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, the goddess Iris threw a golden apple among the guests, inscribed ‘to the fairest’. Venus, Juno, and Minerva all claimed the prize....
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Louis Tocqué (1696—1772) was born in Paris. He trained with Jean-Marc Nattier, one of whose daughters he married. He was influenced by the art of Hyacinthe Rigaud and...
The painting “Pastoral with a Couple near a Fountain” represents some of François Boucher’s most ambitious works in the pastoral mode. The scene was inspired by the...
A portrait of such scale, beauty, and intimacy suggests a woman who was well loved and provided for. This Rococo portrait of Madame Bergeret was commissioned by her...
This idyllic landscape “The Portico of a Country Mansion, near Florence” painted by Hubert Robert, commissioned by a financier, Jean-François Bergeret de Frouville, a...
The painter Nicolas de Largilliere (1656—1746) was the society painter of the 18th century. With his portraits he caught an image of the flourishing society under the...
François Boucher’s (1703—1770) compositions on pastoral themes comprise his most influential contribution to 18th-century French art. These lush and playful fantasies of...
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Primarily a portraitist, Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (1749—1803) had especially faithful patrons in Louis XV’s daughters, known as Mesdames de France. In 1783, she won...
This is one of the most captivating works by Vigée-Lebrun or Vigée Le Brun (1755—1842), the most important woman artist of her time. Marie Antoinette’s patronage aided...
A charming lady look at us, dressed in a brocade gown and velvet cloak that is held together with a brooch. The painter Nicolas de Largilliere (1656—1746) was the...
As Marie-Antoinette’s official portraitist, Louise-Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun or Vigée Le Brun (1755—1842) immortalised the Queen’s features in all her splendour. Faithful...
Conformity rather than individuality was a hallmark of Jean-Marc Nattier’s (1685—1766) enormous success portraying French aristocratic women: his innumerable portraits...
Alexander Roslin (1718—1793) had an outstanding international career as a portrait painter and is one of the most successful Swedish born artists ever. Roslin came to...
This delicate Rococo style painting belongs to a suite of decorations commissioned in 1768 from François Boucher by Jean-François Bergeret de Frouville for his private...
Although the traditional identification of this portrait as a depiction of François Boucher's great patron, Madame de Pompadour, is no longer accepted, the sitter was...
“The Muse Erato” has traditionally been believed to have been painted for the Pompadour as an overdoor for one of her homes. By the time Madame de Pompadour engaged...
Cupid handing his mother Venus a golden apple, the prize she had won from the shepherd Paris. Originally the top and bottom edged were curved, indicating that the work...
Jean-François de Troy (1645—1730) was a successful historical and portrait painter in Paris in the first half of the 18th century. Here he portrays the climactic moment...
