Jeune fille en buste
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Artist | Pierre-Narcisse Guérin |
Year | 1794[1] |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Movement | Classicism |
Dimensions | 60 cm × 50 cm (24 in × 20 in) |
Location | Musée du Louvre[1], Paris, France |
Jeune fille en buste (Portrait of the young girl) is a work by Pierre-Narcisse Guérin painted in 1794 and exhibited at the Louvre.
Background[]
One of Guérin's early works, it treats the subject in a frank and direct way. Guérin uses the old "Titus style model" (French: à la Titus)[2] The smooth bottom, the simplicity of the design and the use of the measured color as Regnault left the students towards David.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Jeune fille en buste". Louvre (in French).
- ^ Novik, Mary. "Jeune fille en buste". Backstory.
External links[]
- Media related to Jeune fille en buste, Guérin at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Paintings in the Louvre by French artists
- Women in art
- Neoclassical paintings