Marie Fargues, the Painter’s Wife
Liotard was already 54 when he married the 29-yearold Marie Fargues in Amsterdam in 1756. This extraordinary portrait – it is one of Liotard’s largest pastels and necessitated the use of two pieces of vellum – was probably done shortly following their wedding. Liotard chose a composition he had first used in a drawing made in Constantinople and had repeated several times in different contexts: it was, indeed, one of the most famous inventions of his persona as ‘Le peintre turc’.
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Marie Fargues, the Painter’s Wife
Liotard was already 54 when he married the 29-yearold Marie Fargues in Amsterdam in 1756. This extraordinary portrait – it is one of Liotard’s largest pastels and necessitated the use of two pieces of vellum – was probably done shortly following their wedding. Liotard chose a composition he had first used in a drawing made in Constantinople and had repeated several times in different contexts: it was, indeed, one of the most famous inventions of his persona as ‘Le peintre turc’.
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Bequeathed by Miss Marie-Anne Liotard, Amsterdam
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Legaat van mejuffrouw Marie-Anne Liotard, Amsterdam
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Liotard was 54 jaar oud toen h ...... ngen als ‘De Turkse schilder’.
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Liotard was already 54 when he ...... persona as ‘Le peintre turc’.
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Rijksmuseum
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Marie Fargues, echtgenote van de kunstenaar
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Marie Fargues, the Painter’s Wife
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created
1756 - 1758
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1756 - 1758
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drager breedte 79,8 cm
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drager hoogte 103,8 cm
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geheel gewicht 14,1 kg
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height 103.8 cm
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weight 14.1 kg
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width 79.8 cm
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Collectie: pastels
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derde kwart 18e eeuw
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third quarter 18th century
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