Lady Maria Josepha Drummond
Lady Maria Josepha Drummond, Condesa de Castelblanco c1716 par le peintre français Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1688 – 1755); un peintre de la période rococo, graveur et tapissier.
Ceci est un portrait de la noble dame María Josefa Drummond comme Asteria (Goddess of falling stars, divinations and astrology) de Mythologie grecque. She was the daughter of the Titans Coeus (Polus) and Phoebe and she was also the sister of Leto.
She is sitting in what appears to be a forest setting, wearing a lavish silver grey blue dress (which match her hair color) and wearing two wraps, the prominent one being rose in color and the other a teal green.
Across her chest is a blue-green sash, and the low cut portion of her dress is pined a red rose and a golden flower.
In her left hand is a gold staff and she is wearing a floral arrangement in her hair along with a large ruby and white pearl.
With her right hand she is petting little dog which is to the right of her and below the dog is what appears to be her family crest.
In the distant background we can a large tree with green leaves to her left and more trees to her right which are orange, brown and green; while in the blueish-green sky there are very dark clouds.
Note latérale: This is a painting that is done after the artwork by Nicolas de Largillière called Portrait of a Woman as Astrea c1710-12; with the woman believed to be Mary Josephine Drummond, Condesa de Castelblanco.
Il s'agit d'une reproduction de maîtres anciens d'art numérique retouchée d'une image du domaine public.
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Jean-Baptiste was the son of art dealer, painter and director of the Académie de St-Luc art school; Jacques Oudry and his wife Nicole Papillon, who was also a relative of the engraver Jean-Baptiste-Michel Papillon on March 17, 1686 à Paris France.
Jean began his artistic studies at the Académie de St-Luc first concentrating on portraiture; becoming a student and maybe a collaborator of French Portrait Painter Nicolas de Largillière (1656 – 1746), de 1707 à 1712; under whose direction he copied the works of the Flemish and Dutch schools of the 17th century.
Jean graduated from Académie de St-Luc on May 21, 1708 à l'âge de 22 along with his two brothers. Six years later he would become an assistant professor at the school and a full professor three years later on July 1, 1717.
Puis dans 1719 he was inducted as a member of the prestigious Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture; et 24 years later would become a professor at the school.
Though Jean started out as a portrait painter and painted a great deal of portraits, he would in his later career turn to painting still life artwork and religious paintings.