Portrait of Mathilde de Canisy, marquise d'Antin
Portrait of Mathilde de Canisy, marquise d'Antin is a 1738 oil on canvas portrait by Jean-Marc Nattier, produced ten years before he became official painter to the French royal family.[1] It is now in the musée Jacquemart-André in Paris.[2]
It shows its subject Marie-François-Renée (known as Mathilde) de Carbonnel-Canisy (1725-1796) aged 14, the only daughter of René-Anne de Carbonnel, comte de Canisy (1683-1728). She had been orphaned aged three and married to Antoine François de Pardaillan de Gondrin, marquis d'Antin aged twelve.[3]
References[]
- ^ (in French) Xavier Salmon, Jean-Marc Nattier: 1685-1766 : exposition du Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, Réunion des musées nationaux, 1999, 349 p. (ISBN 9782711838806), p. 106-108 (notice 20)
- ^ "Catalogue entry" (in French).
- ^ "Favorites royales" (in French).
Categories:
- 1738 paintings
- Portraits of women
- 18th-century portraits
- Portraits by French artists
- Paintings in the collection of the Musée Jacquemart-André