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 |
Jeune fille en buste (Portrait of the young girl) is a work by Pierre-Narcisse Guérin painted in 1794 and exhibited at the Louvre in Paris.
One of Guérin's early works, the painting treats the subject in a frank and direct way. It is a portrait of a young girl, depicted while covering her breasts with both hands. The smooth background, simplicity of the design and the use of the measured color are characteristic of the neo-classical style and of the school of Jean-Baptiste Regnault and Jacques-Louis David. The work was acquired by the Louvre in 1978. [1]
The girl's short hair is inspired by the Titus cut ( French: coiffure à la Titus), [2] popular in France at the time and based on the hairstyle of the Roman era. [3] In fact, the work is one of the first paintings to depict this hairstyle. [4] The style may have taken its name from Titus Junius Brutus, son of the Roman politician Lucius Junius Brutus. [5]
Mary Novik's debut novel, Conceit used the image for the cover of the book. [2]
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 |
Jeune fille en buste (Portrait of the young girl) is a work by Pierre-Narcisse Guérin painted in 1794 and exhibited at the Louvre in Paris.
One of Guérin's early works, the painting treats the subject in a frank and direct way. It is a portrait of a young girl, depicted while covering her breasts with both hands. The smooth background, simplicity of the design and the use of the measured color are characteristic of the neo-classical style and of the school of Jean-Baptiste Regnault and Jacques-Louis David. The work was acquired by the Louvre in 1978. [1]
The girl's short hair is inspired by the Titus cut ( French: coiffure à la Titus), [2] popular in France at the time and based on the hairstyle of the Roman era. [3] In fact, the work is one of the first paintings to depict this hairstyle. [4] The style may have taken its name from Titus Junius Brutus, son of the Roman politician Lucius Junius Brutus. [5]
Mary Novik's debut novel, Conceit used the image for the cover of the book. [2]