Object Notes

This is one of a pair of statuettes and superb example of the kind of fine craftsmanship and genius of idea for which Claude Michel, known as Clodion, was prized by collectors and connoisseurs during the 1790s. The subject is of classical inspiration: represented are a male and a female follower of Bacchus, the Greek God of wine.

This is one of a pair of statuettes and superb example of the kind of fine craftsmanship and genius of idea for which Claude Michel, known as Clodion, was prized by collectors and connoisseurs during the 1790s.

This study of a hunting dog was made from life, based on close observation of the animal’s characteristic movements.

One might easily mistake this large-scale painting for a representation of the mythical Greek goddess Diana, accompanied by an attendant and surrounded by her faithful hunting dogs. However, this work is actually a portrait.

Judging from this model's resemblance to the heroine of Greuze's large-scale genre scene The Well-Beloved Mother (private collection, Lisbon), this tête d'expression ("expressive head") probably depicts Madame de la Borde, the voluptuous wife of

As a young woman shows off her portrait, an older man examines it—or possibly the woman herself—through the lens of his glasses. Louis Léopold Boilly was a prolific portraitist, and he also frequently included portraits within his genre scenes, as he does here.

This monumental canvas is an excellent example of the kind of animal painting by which Jean-Baptiste Oudry secured his reputation during the early part of his career. Although a prolific artist, who treated subjects that included history painting, portraiture,&

This is the type of composition that established Franҫois Lemoyne's reputation as one of the greatest French painters of his generation.