Sujet
Portrait of Gabriel Bernard de Rieux, 1739-1741. Creator: Maurice-Quentin de La Tour.
Légende
Portrait of Gabriel Bernard de Rieux, 1739-1741. Additional Info: Gabriel Bernard de Rieux, the youngest son of an immensely successful financier, wears the robes of his office as president of the second Court of Inquiry in the Parliament of Paris. From a large tome held on his lap, he lifts a sheet of paper. Intending to declare the sitter's erudition, wealth, and status, Maurice-Quentin de La Tour placed de Rieux in his study, surrounded by fashionable and expensive objects. Behind him is a richly ornamental screen; on a table covered with blue velvet cloth are books, papers, and an inkstand with a quill pen. A globe stands next to the table and a Turkish carpet covers the floor. These objects identify the sitter as a connoisseur of fine and precious thing, ike his father, whose considerable fortune de Rieux inherited the year this portrait was painted.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM25A00_114
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
171,7Mo (11,4Mo) / 56,1cm x 76,7cm / 6626 x 9056 (300dpi)