#Madame Bergeret

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Madame Bergeret (1766), (detail), by François Boucher (French, 1703–1770), oil on canvas, 143.5 x 105.4 cm, The National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

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madame bergeret by françois boucher, 1766

image from national gallery of art

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Madame Bergeret de Frouville as Diana

Artist: Jean Marc Nattier (French, 1685–1766)

Date: 1756

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY, United States

Description

Diana, goddess of the hunt, was a model of female virtue and power, but she was also often eroticized, surrounded by her nymphs bathing in the forest. Nattier used her disguise when portraying many of his female sitters, layering contemporary hairstyles and makeup with studio props, including the bow, quiver, and panther skin. This portrait is among the most accomplished examples of this means of elevating a work out of the everyday. Its artifice and self-conscious performativity are characteristic of a society steeped in theater and masquerade. Bergeret de Frouville’s husband was an important patron of other leading French painters, including François Boucher and Hubert Robert.

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"Madame Thérésa, the somnambulist and clairvoyant"

French vintage postcard, staged and photographed by A. Bergeret

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Jean-Marc Nattier (French, 1685-1766) Madame Bergeret de Frouville as Diana, 1756 The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Madame Bergeret de Frouville as Diana, Jean Marc Nattier, 1756

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François Boucher - Madame Bergeret, circa 1766. detail.

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François Boucher - Madame Bergeret c.1766, detail

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Madame Bergeret de Frouville as Diana by Jean Marc Nattier

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Madame Bergeret by Francois Boucher, 1766.

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François Boucher Madame Bergeret, circa 1766 oil on canvas

[postcard-from-the-past]

"Madame Thérésa, the somnambulist and clairvoyant"

French vintage postcard, staged and photographed by A. Bergeret

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Jean-Marc Nattier (French, 1685-1766) Madame Bergeret de Frouville as Diana, Detail, 1756 The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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François Boucher, possibly 1766: Madame Bergeret (detail) [x]

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