Jean-Marc Nattier, 1734 - Mr. Sarasin - fine art print

This classic art artwork "Mr. Sarasin" was painted by Jean-Marc Nattier. The more than 280 years old original had the size: Height: 79 cm, Width: 53 cm and was painted with the technique of Oil painting. The original painting has the following text as inscrption: Date and signature - En bas à droite "Nattier Pinxit / Colbert 1734". The work of art can be viewed in in the Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris's digital collection, which is an art museum in the 8th arrondissement. We are delighted to reference that this public domain masterpiece is being included with courtesy of Petit Palais Paris.: . On top of that, alignment is portrait and has an image ratio of 1 : 1.2, meaning that the length is 20% shorter than the width. Jean-Marc Nattier was a male artist, painter of French nationality, whose style can be attributed primarily to Baroque. The European artist was born in 1685 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France and passed away at the age of 81 in the year 1766.

Artwork depiction by the museum (© Copyright - Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris - Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris)

It was during a stay in the Netherlands as Jean-Marc Nattier has perfected his technique of portraiture. Cut at the bust, face three quarters, his male models sometimes gaze directed into the distance, and very many will wear a colored garment rouge.L'originalité portrait of "Mr. Sarasin" lies precisely in this red coat with angular folds. It gives volume to the body and is referring to a discrete "Bust of Louis XIV" by Bernini (Versailles, Musée National du Château) .We do not know the social status of this Mr. Sarasin, but one can imagine that it was great aristocrat or bourgeois, as the majority of customers Nattier.

The picture remained in the collections of the family model. It thus appeared in Judge Bauer in Hanau, husband of a lady of the Sarasin family. This is directly from the judge that the merchant Seligmann acquired the painting. On 21 November 1903 he sold it to Charles Vincent Ocampo, priced at 35 000frs.En 1931 C.-V. Ocampo donated, subject to usufruct, to the City of Paris, and renounced the usufruct in 1942.

Portrait, Male, Wig, Coat

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