Artwork Details
Artist
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Object Types
Dimensions
54-1/4 x 41-1/2 in. (canvas) 66-1/4 x 53-1/4 x 4-3/4 in. (framed)
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Gift of Mrs. Herman C. Krannert
Copyright
Collection
European Painting and Sculpture Before 1800
Color Palette
Provenance
Louis Antoine Crozat, Baron de Thiers [1699–1770], Paris. Michel Ephrussi [1844-1914], Paris, by 1905;{1} Purchased by La Princesse de Faucigny-Lucinge, Paris, in 1934;{2} Sold at (Faucigny-Lucinge sale, Hôtel Charpentier, Paris, 12 June 1953, lot no. 1);{3} Purchased by Josiah K. Lilly Jr. [1893-1966], Indianapolis, in 1953; Purchased by Herman C. Krannert [1887-1972], Indianapolis; By inheritance to his wife, Ellnora Decker Krannert [1890-1974]; Given to the Indianapolis Museum of Art, now the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, in 1972 (72.132). ------- {1} See Pierre de Nolhac, J.-M. Nattier: Peintre de la cour de Louis XV, Paris 1905, pp. 44-5 and 139. {2} See Pierre Rosenberg, The Age of Louis XV: French Painting 1710-1774, Toledo Museum of Art, 1975, catalogue no. 74. {3} See footnote 2 above.
Gallery Labels
As one of the leading painters at the court of Louis XV, Jean-Marc Nattier developed a reputation for a type of portraiture in which the sitters are cast in allegorical or mythological roles. In this portrait, the wife and daughter of a prominent Paris banker are endowed with handfuls of blossoms, attributes of Flora, goddess of flowers. In a composition of remarkable simplicity and restraint, Nattier achieves a balance between individual likeness and a generalized image of feminine beauty, rendered with the technical refinement and delicacy of detail which made him such a success at court.
Exhibition History
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
Chengdu Museum
September 28, 2020 - January 4, 2021
Rembrandt to Monet: 500 Years of European Painting from the Clowes Collection and the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Chengdu Museum
September 29, 2020 - January 4, 2021
Rembrandt to Monet: 500 Years of European Painting from the Clowes Collection and the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Hunan Provincial Museum
May 29, 2020 - September 13, 2020
Hunan Provincial Museum
May 29, 2020 - September 13, 2020
Rembrandt to Monet: 500 Years of European Painting from the Clowes Collection and the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Guandong Museum
January 10, 2020 - May 17, 2020
Guandong Museum
January 10, 2020 - May 17, 2020
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