Portrait of a woman, said to be Madame Charles Simon Favart (Marie Justine Benoîte Duronceray, 1727–1772)

Drouais, François Hubert (1727-1775)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1757

Height:

80.0 cm  (31 1/2 in.)

Width:

64.8 cm  (25 1/2 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

School:

French

Description

Madame Favart (née Duronceray), an opera singer, playing a double-manual harpsichord (only part of the keyboard visible) with music on stand only partially legible.

People as subjects

Favart, Mme (Marie-Justine-Benoîte) (1727-1772) (Musician portrait)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Harpsichord [2251]

Musical works

legible music notation

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

3709