Portrait de Gabriel Bernard de Rieux (1741) Drawing by Maurice Quentin De La Tour
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About our fine printsGabriel Bernard de Rieux est représenté assis, dans une posture à la fois détendue et imposante, ce qui reflète son statut élevé et son assurance. Il porte une robe de chambre rouge vif avec des détails de fourrure, sur un habit noir, et une chemise blanche avec une cravate en dentelle, signe de son raffinement et de son appartenance à la haute société. Sa perruque bouclée blanche, typique de l'époque, encadre son visage expressif et pensif.
Le sujet tient un document ou une lettre, suggérant son engagement dans les affaires ou la culture intellectuelle. Cette inclusion, ainsi que la table couverte de livres, un globe terrestre, et d'autres objets symbolisant l'apprentissage et le voyage, renforcent l'idée d'un homme bien éduqué et influent.
L'arrière-plan, orné d'un riche décor intérieur comprenant des tentures, une cheminée et des meubles luxueux, complète l'image d'un environnement domestique opulent. La précision dans la représentation des textures, des matériaux et de la lumière témoigne de la virtuosité technique de La Tour et de son attention minutieuse aux détails.
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Maurice Quentin de La Tour is a French portrait painter in the Rococo style. He was born on September 5, 1704 and died on February 17, 1788. Among his most famous subjects were Voltaire, Rousseau, Louis XV and Madame de Pompadour. In 1737, at the Paris Salon, de La Tour presented portraits of Madame Boucher , wife of the painter François Boucher, and the Author who laughs (Louvre museum), first in a series of 150 portraits which will be one of the highlights of the Paris Salon for the following 36 years . But the painter Joseph Ducreux said he was his only student (although this is unlikely). On May 25, 1737, the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture granted de La Tour official recognition as a painter. Shortly after, the French court became interested in his work. Jeffares indicates that in 1745, he had an apartment in the Palais du Louvre. By the end of the 1760s, he no longer painted portraits of the royal family. People have often thought that the figures in De La Tour's portraits had a unique charm and intelligence, and that his delicate but sure touch with pastels gave their faces a pleasant softness.
La Tour's commissions bring in more and more money and their generosity increases. He created a drawing school in his hometown of Saint-Quentin and gave money to poor women in prison, disabled artists and elderly artists. He also helped the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in Paris and the Academy of Sciences and Belles Lettres in Amiens by giving them advice and money. Finally, a mental illness forces him to stay at home and seek treatment from his brother Jean-François. He retired at the age of 80 to Saint-Quentin, where he died without a will at the age of 83. (he had revoked previous wills). Jean-François, who died in 1807 and was a knight of the royal military order of Saint-Louis, is the natural heir to his estate.
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- Date of birth : 1704
- Artistic domains: Represented by a Gallery,
- Groups: Artists presented by a gallery
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