Portrait of Anne Louis Goislard de Montsabert, Comte de Richbourg-le-Toureil
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
unframed: 80.6 × 63.8 cm · framed: 108.5 × 91.5 × 11 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
European Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
Accession Number
1970.31
Rights
Public Domain
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About this artwork
By positioning the figure close to the picture plane and engulfed in a swirl of drapery, Nicolas de Largillière created a remarkably informal likeness of the 26-year-old Goislard. This impression is enhanced by the sitter’s open shirt and the drift of wig powder that dusts the shoulders of his velvet doublet. Warm hues and thick brushstrokes reveal the artist’s study of earlier Flemish painters, notably Anthony van Dyck. Despite his youth and seeming nonchalance, Goislard was a figure of promine...