Dealbh de Marie Antoinette le Martin van Meytens, Marquise de Cailly
Dealbh de Marie Antoinette le Martin van Meytens, Marquise de Cailly c1700 agus 1750 le peantair Frangach Nicolas de Largillierre (1656 – 1746), portratist and draftsperson
This beautifully done dealbh is believed to be that of Elisabeth Delpech, Marquise de Cailly ( – 1717), who was the wife of the French Advocate General Pierre Delpech marquis de Cailly (1673 – 1733); based on information that use to be attached on the back of the painting.
This though can not be verified as there are no archival records or biographical details about her and the Prints department of the National Library of France, specifies the painting as: “Elisabeth de Caumartin, marquise de Cailly”
The portrait shows her seated in a chair set against an evening sky of clouds of blue hues accented with some orange and a tree to her right.
On her right side is a reddish-violet drape and on her left a brown pillar. Her hair is adorned with a red and white and red flower as well as a ruby and gold teardrop jewelry piece.
She is wearing a deep v-neck sheer meshed ruffled white blouse, under a green and red cloak that is tied at the front with a gold pendant; and there are additional gold accents attached to the collar of the cloak.
Is e seo ath-riochdachadh seann mhaighstirean ealain didseatach ath-riochdachadh de ìomhaigh raon poblach.
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Thàinig Nicolas gu bhith aithnichte mar aon de na prìomh dhealbhadairean dhealbhan san Roinn Eòrpa, dealbhan eachdraidheil, agus obair-ealain beò fhathast aig deireadh an t-seachdamh linn deug agus a’ chiad ceithir deicheadan den ochdamh linn deug.
Rugadh e ann am Paris ann an 1656 gu neach-dèanaidh adan agus marsanta a ghluais còmhla ri theaghlach gu Antwerp nuair a bha Nicolas trì bliadhna a dh'aois.
Nuair a bha Nicolas naoi bliadhna a dh'aois, shiubhail e airson a’ chiad uair a Lunnainn, Sasainn ann an cuideachd companach de athraichean; agus an dèidh tilleadh gu Antwerp còrr is bliadhna an dèidh sin chaidh a thàlant ealanta aithneachadh, agus mar thoradh air an sin chaidh e na phreantas le athair don Pheantair Baróc Flemish Antoni Goubau (1616 – 1698), peantair bambocciate, seallaidhean gnè, agus cruthan-tìre.
A bhith nad rudeigin gòrach, Chaidh Nicolas a leigeil a-steach don luchd-peantaidh’ Comann Naomh Lucas ann an 1673 aig aois seachd bliadhna deug; an uairsin dà bhliadhna às deidh sin chuir e às dha turas eile thall thairis a Lunnainn, where he was employed as a restorer under the direction of the Italian Painter Antonio Verrio (1639 – 1707), at Windsor Castle; who brought him to the attention of King Charles II (1630 – 1685), who reigned from 1660 gus a bhàs ann 1685.
Ro 1679 aig aois 23 Nicloas had settled in Paris, An Fhraing; specializing the Baroque style of portraiture that followed in the grand manner of Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641), and Peter Lely (1618-1680).
Then the Flemish Battle Painter Adam Frans van der Meulen (1631-32 – 1690) introduced him to Charles Le Brun (1619 1690), who was the First Painter to King Louis XIV (1638 – 1715) and who reigned from 1643 gus a bhàs ann 1715; and who also was the director of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture.
Upon his acceptance as a candidate for admission to the Académie, he agreed to execute as his diploma artwork, a large portrait of Le Brun, which he in 1686, which depicts him seated in his studio surrounded by the accoutrements of his art; and an oil study for The Second Conquest of Franche-Comté, one of the large decorations for the ceiling of Galerie des Glaces at Versailles.
Nicolas created a tremendous amount of artwork with some 1500 dealbhan (currently being cataloged by Dominique Brême); which required hime to maintain a workshop with studio assistants, to whom he delegated the painting of costumes and minor accessories.
During his long and industrious and illustrious career, Nicolas de Largillierre served terms as a professor, rector, chancellor and director of the Académie royale; passing away at the age of ninety in 1746.