#Francois Hubert Drouais

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Francois-Hubert Drouais - Clothilde of France, 1775. detail

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François-Hubert Drouais (1727-1775) "Portrait of a Woman, Said to be Madame Charles Simon Favart (Marie Justine Benoîte Duronceray, 1727–1772)" (1757) Oil on canvas Located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New York, United States In 1745 Mademoiselle Duronceray—the singer, dancer, and comedienne probably portrayed here—married Charles Simon Favart, the father of French comic opera. Among her best-known roles was that of the heroine in The Loves of Bastien and Bastienne, 1753, in which she inspired a revolution in theatrical costume by wearing authentic peasant dress. Drouais’s portrait of her seated at a harpsichord recalls traditional representations of Saint Cecilia, patron saint of music.

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The Dauphin Louis of France, Son of Louis XV

Artist: François-Hubert Drouais (French, 1727-1775)

Date: circa 1745

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Collection: Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

Louis, Dauphin of France (Louis Ferdinand; 4 September 1729 – 20 December 1765) was the elder and only surviving son of King Louis XV of France and his wife, Queen Marie Leszczyńska. As a son of the king, Louis was a fils de France. As heir apparent, he became Dauphin of France.

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Marquise de Caumont La Force, by Francois Hubert Drouais

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François Hubert Drouais Portrait of Marquise de Caumont La Force 1764

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Gentleman

The great hall: hier könnte auch William Wade, also Thomas Gainsboroughs Gemälde des Captains der englischen Navy, des Zeremonienmeisters oder Protokollchefs hängen, wenn es nicht woanders hängen müsste, nämlich in der Victoria Art Gallery.

In der großen (Eingangs-)Halle hängen gerade 10 Portraits und Doppelportraits im großen Stil. Gainsbororoughs Doppelportrait der Hallets und ihres Hundes, dessen Wischmopphaftigkeit derjenigen von Mrs. Hallets Frisur kaum nachsteht, hängt hier gleich ums Eck: links neben Drouais' Portrait des Comte de Vaudreuil.

Nahezu alle Portraits stammen aus der Phase, der Thomas Vesting in seiner Geschichte und Theorie der Rechtssubjekte die Figur des Gentleman zugeordnet hat (und die er mit William Wades Bild illustriert hat.

Wie singen die Groben in England zu dem Portrait?

All at once I was struck with the portrait of Wade, 

Which tho’ like him in feature tis much too tall made 

And looks, like its master – ashamed of its trade 

For it’s drawn as if walking alone in the fields 

In a jauntee undress which the present mode yields 

Uncovered – as tho he intended to bow 

To an ox or an ass – to a heffer or cow. 

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art aesthetics: coquette

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"Madame de Pompadour, mistress of Louis XV, was well educated & influential in state business. Here she is, pictured at an embroidery worktable by Francois-Hubert Drouais. The head was painted during her life, the rest of the painting after her death (1764)"

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Continuing the #cheer #joinin Detail, Portrait of a Lady, by Francois Hubert Drouais (1727-75). #Brocaded #silk gown, with #flossfringe, #lace. #georgiangorgeous

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du - Die Kunstzeitschrift - Heft 2/1982 - Paris 1775, Martin Disler: Die Umgebung der Liebe, Hans Erni alias Francois Greques.Umschlagbild: Nicolas Bernard Lepiere: Im Hofe des Zollhauses (Ausschnitt) Salon 1775, Öl auf Leinwand. Die Themen:- Martin Diesler: Die Umgebung der Liebe, - Francois Greques, - Ist moderne Kunst notwendig?PARIS 1775: - Die künstlerische Hauptstadt der Welt, - Tagesereignisse 1775, - Die neue Architektur, - Der Salon und seine Kritiker, - Der Bildhauer des Jahres, - Francois Hubert Drouais, - Die Bittschrift des Offiziers Desbans, - Les Marchands Merciers, - Auktion des Jahres: Die Kollektion Mariette, - Madame Du Barry und Madame Louise de France im Kloster.DU-JOURNAL: - Ausstellungskalender, - Projekt, - Schweiz, - Deutschland, - Frankreich, - England, - Italien, - USA.

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Francois Drouais, “Portrait of a Woman”, 1757

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François Hubert Drouais - Madame Charles Simon Favart, 1757, detail

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Marquise de Caumont La Force 

1767

Francois Hubert Drouais

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François Hubert Drouais - Portrait of the Marquise d'Aigurande - Clevelandart

Like many French portraitists active during the ancien régime, François-Hubert Drouais was skilled at veiling the physical imperfections of his subjects. This portrait certainly has this quality: the face has been idealized, smoothed, and perfected, but the focus of the painting is less on the Marquise and more on her elegant gown, which is a particularly fine rendering of eighteenth-century printed cloth, with the brilliant gold and white fabric strewn with meticulously detailed flowers and lace.

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François Hubert Drouais    Portrait of Justine Favart  1757

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