Le Marquis de Vaudreuil

Roslin, Alexander (1718-1793)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
ca. 1759
Height:
212.0 cm  (83 7/16 in.)
Width:
155.0 cm  (61 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Ireland
    [Museum inv. no.: NGI. 1824]

Description

On a table beside the Marquis lie pens, paper, an open book and a violin, of which only the neck and head is visible, with its bow. Boydell states that this painting is an example of an instrument being selected along with other objects, none of which singled out, to reflect facets of the sitter's character.

People as subjects

Vaudreuil, Pierre de Rigaud, marquis de (1698-1778)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Violin [3573] (only the neck, head and bow are visible)

Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

Boydell, Barra. Music and paintings in the National Gallery of Ireland (Dublin: The National Gallery of Ireland, 1985) 40. ISBN 0903162229. RILM 1985-00222.

RIdIM record id

2873