Maurice Quentin de Latour, 1752 - Portrait of Madame Anne-Jeanne Cassanéa Mondonville born Boucon (1708-1780) - fine art print

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In 1747, the noted violinist and com.poser JeanJoseph Cassanéa de Mondonville married Anne-Jeanne Boucon (1708-1780), the daughter of a great art collector and herself a noted musician. She asked La Tour to make her likeness, but claimed she could only pay half his usual rate. It is said that La Tour drew this complex, powerful portrait in just ,one sitting. When Mme de Mondonville sent him. the amount she had promised, their friendship was ruptured.

Overview

In 1752 Maurice Quentin de Latour made the 18th century painting titled "Portrait of Madame Anne-Jeanne Cassanéa Mondonville born Boucon (1708-1780)". The original measures the size: 660 × 550 mm and was crafted with the technique of pastel on blue-gray laid paper, laid down on canvas and wrapped around a strainer, enlarged by the artist with a band of paper about 3 cm high. The work of art is part of the art collection of Art Institute Chicago, which is one of the world’s great art museums, housing a collection that spans centuries and the globe. We are pleased to mention that this public domain piece of art is provided with courtesy of Art Institute Chicago. : Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection. Moreover, alignment is portrait and has an image ratio of 1 : 1.2, which implies that the length is 20% shorter than the width.

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