Creation Date:
1755 or 1756 Earliest:1755 Latest:1756
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Measurements
Dimensions Description: 57.2 x 47 cm.
(22 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches)
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Value:57.2 Unit: cm Type:
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Value:47 Unit: cm Type:
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Materials and Techniques
Description: pastel on vellum
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Material Names:
pastels
Role: medium vellum
Role: support Technique Implement: stump
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Subject Matter
Indexing Terms:
portrait
Maria Frederike van Reede-Athlone
(Dutch aristocrat, born 1749)
child
human figure
female
dog
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Descriptive Note
Text: Liotard exhibited remarkable skill
in the difficult medium of pastels, which he preferred
when creating portraits of children. Surfaces, textures,
and volume are described with subtle gradations of color.
At the time he was working on this picture, portraits
of children were becoming very popular in Western Europe.
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Citation: J. Paul Getty Museum online
Page: accessed 10 February 2004
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Current Location
Repository Name/Geographic Location:
J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, California, United
States)
Repository Numbers:
83.PC.273
