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An opulently dressed man with glossy clean-shaven skin and clear blue eyes gazes directly at us with a slight smile on his lips. He wears a rose-gold coloured jacket with exotic gold tassels, covered with a gorgeous teal silk-velvet cloak lined with embroidered gold silk damask. His soft velvet cap matches his cloak and is decorated with a spray of black herons’ feathers in a gold setting, from which dangles a huge pear-shaped baroque pearl. It is likely that this costume belonged to Largillierre, as both the clothes and jewel appear in portraits by him of other people.The man has been previously identified as the painter Jean-Baptiste Forest (1613--1712) and as the poet Jean-Baptiste Rousseau (1671--1741), but the evidence does not entirely support either suggestion.
Title
Portrait of a Man (Jean-Baptiste Rousseau?)
Date
probably 1710
Medium
Oil on canvas
Measurements
H 91.4 x W 71.1 cm
Accession number
NG5585
Acquisition method
Bequeathed by Emilie Yznaga, 1945
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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